William Flashcards
1
Q
George the chemist
A
- agAINST job offer, should he take it so someone better doesnt get it
- Moral obligation?
2
Q
Jim and the protestors
A
- Should jim kill one so 20 free or jims hands clean, but 20 dead
- Moral obligation?
3
Q
Integrity
A
- Acting on the basis of one’s most deeply held convictions and believe
- Acting in “Good conscience” and “wholeness”
- Psychological effect
Utilitarian response: - Feelings are irrational
- Insufficiently weighty
4
Q
Negative Responsibility
A
- Agents responsible for consequences of their Inaction
5
Q
What is Self-Indulgent Squeamishness
A
- Reluctance to cause harm for the sake of the greater good instance of self-indulgent self-indulgent squeamishness
- Utilitarian perspective:
- Disagreeable feelings/experiences
- Agents feelings have virtually no weight in relation to what is at stake
- Non-utilitarian response:
- Emotional expressions that an action is wrong
- Moral feelings is not merely objective of utilitarian calculus
- Experience a LOSE (literal loss) in terms of one’s integrity