Lecture 7

Question 1

The only complicated thing is how you end up having an ethical problem

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The problem of Bill gates

Answer 2

The form of principle of happiness in the economical sphere is the Free market, if bill gates manopolize he will threaten the free market system thus it wont stay free market(Contradicting the principle of happiness). You cant use principle of happiness to destroy the principle of happiness itself. ( You will be going against the origin)

Question 3

Ethical problems arrisee when u are using the principle of happiness either to invalidate the origin or Truethe form.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Let us take part of the money of bill gates and distribute it ti the poor

Answer 4

U cant do that (It is the right of property)

Question 5

Panopticism

Answer 5

It is the form of the adminstration (surveillance)

U have inspection, introspection for mental diseases and u have prospection for prevention.

Question 6

Ethics is not justice , nor economics, nor administration, nor moral principle
Etihics is a pieace of the system (It didnt generate the system)

Answer 6

Ethics, origin (suffering),
Damage in ethics vs damage in legal sphere

In legal sphere , u have a legal case when u have a very well defined victim and a well defined criminal. (Juridical case)

When we cant really define one entity, or individual as the cause of the suffering. We move into the ethical sphere.
Perfect obligation ( defined criminal and victim)
imperfect obligation ( starvation in africa...ethical problem) u cant define the criminal.

Question 7

Moto of ethics

Answer 7

ease the suffering,

Question 8

Singer says suffering is what is common among all people

Answer 8

we all suffer in the same way but we dont all take pleasure in the same way

Question 9

Ethics is less constraining/binding than leglity because u dont have defined criminal and victim, and u wont be held accountable if u dont do it, However it is much more universal (everyone is concerned in ethical issues but not in legal issues)

Answer 9

If u are rich or poor u will suffer the same if u cut ur hand.
Ethics have universal compassion.
Suffering is transmitted among all human being.
Singer said among all sentient beings (horse,cats….)

Question 10

WHen u help poor u feel u are bigger than urself , part of semething universal . u feel urself in the big picture

Answer 10

true

Question 11

The free market has two effects

Answer 11

People can become very rich but at the same time they become very limited (only think about money)
Solution of singer, with that money give some of it to the pooor and u will feel good in urself.

Question 12

Altruisim deals with the problem of emergency it wont create dependency

Answer 12

true

Question 13

WHen suffering is necessary u must be merciful

Answer 13

True

Question 14

Case of infanticide

Answer 14

baby andro (born with a disease, life span three months, and for sure he will die, and each time he breathes his lungs decomposes and in deep pain)

Question 15

Utanasia

Answer 15

Should u have the right to ask for death if u have deep pain (singer says yes, religion says no life is not ur property)

Question 16

For utilitarianism life is not sacred , happiness is sacred

Answer 16

True

A happy life is valuable, a suffering life is not

Question 17

Principle of prospection

Answer 17

I want to be utanaised if i am in a comma

Question 18

Should we have abortion

Answer 18

Singer says u have to classify the type of life:
1-chemical life(it is ok)
2-sentient life (U have an egg, aliving thing, in the sentient u have replacability, as long as the sentient living is not an intelligent being he is replacable (Most fish are replacable because they are not intelligent))u can kill them mercifull
for human until 18 weeks u are replacable, after 18 weeks u have a nervous system
if u have a potential , u dont have the right
to have a right u mustbe in act not in a potential
Potentiality cannot lead life
3-Intelligent life (, symbolic life has personal life)

Question 19

IN the name of what can u defend nature

Answer 19

if it affect life of people

Question 20

Civil disobedience

Answer 20

situation when u cant legally do anything but suffering is being resulted.
What u do
Go against the law (activism) (Civil disobedience action)