week 8 Flashcards
According to Ikuenobe, what things do Gyekye and Menkiti agree upon and why?
they agree that individual and group interests are coextensive and have equal moral standing and rights that only have some-things-considered force
Describe, in detail, the first point that Ikuenobe makes in defense of Menkiti. In each of the points you describe, what agreement (or disagreement) does Ikueonbe identify between Menkiti and Gyekye.
one point he makes is that rights have a some-things-considered force
- he claims that gyekye and menkiti seem to agree that rights are not absolute
- menkiti thinks that rights are circumscribed by the community and that communities provide the material conditions for ones rights and autonomy to be “actualized and substantive”
- without the community such claims would be vacuous and nominal
What things do Gyekye and Menkiti disagree upon, and why?
they disagree about whether social status affects moral worth
- menkiti thinks greater social status bodes greater moral worth because moral worth is inextricably tied to ones contribution to community while gyekye believes that moral worth is independent from contributions to community
Describe, in detail, the second point that Ikuenobe makes in defense of Menkiti. In each of the points you describe, what agreement (or disagreement) does Ikueonbe identify between Menkiti and Gyekye.
Ikuenobe points out that a lack of moral worth does not imply a lack of rights like gyekye thinks menkiti is saying
- in actuality we may have stronger obligations to children in virtue of their vulnerability, even if children have less moral worth
- however, adults can lose some privileges in virtue of acting immorally, because respect, some things considered, is earned
- ao (against Gyekye) on is not entitled to rights in virtue of psychological capacities but how those capacities are used
- this highlights the disagreement between gyekye and menkiti regarding whether social status affects moral worth.
