Wednesday, January 30, 2013


Moral theories are theories….
..  theories try to explain observations / data ..

Moral theories attempt to tell us what it is for an action to be wrong, what it is for an action to be permissible, what it is for an action to be obligatory. They try to tell us what makes wrong actions wrong, and permissible actions permissible.. [essence; true definition]..

-        Focus on utilitarianism and Kantianism …

a list of actions that you think most people [around here] would think are obviously wrong:  precise, vivid and extreme examples are best! This should be a fairly uncontroversial list. L
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… actions or character traits that you think most people would think are MP, MO, or otherwise good J

-        Rape
-        Killing children
-        Robbing with intent to kill
-        Genocide
-        Slavery
-        Beastiality…
-        Abusing the elderly
-        Cheating in school.. on  test
-        Discrimination ..
-        Racism..
-        Stealing food from homeless people and throwing it in the garbage
-        Punching your mother just because…you think  her face will look better punched..
-        Necrophilia..
-        Exploitation: child sex slavery..
-        Embezzlement
-        Incest …
-        Breaking rapists out of jail..
-        Grave robbing..

 Love
Donating to [good] charities..

a list of actions that you think most people [around here] would think are obviously wrong:  precise, vivid and extreme examples are best! This should be a fairly uncontroversial list. L
?
… actions or character traits that you think most people would think are MP, MO, or otherwise good J
-        Necrophilia
-        Identity theft
-        Rape ..
-        Throwing babies off buildings..
-        Killing children..
-        Kicking a pregnant woman in the stomach
-        Stealing from church to subsidize your own fun
-        Selling meth to young children..
-        Spitting in someone’s face..
-        Holocaust…
-        Slavery.. Middle Passage..
-        Trail of Tears
-        Lynchings..
-        Racism..
-        Genocide
-        Intentionally destroying families..
-        Selling people: human trafficking; sex slavery..
-        Burning people
-        Shooting old people.. for fun


 Suicide –
Abortion






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