Wednesday's class

Questions:

1.       Why do the wrong actions belong on the wrong list? What is it about these actions that makes them wrong?

2.       How to the moral theories in the Right Thing to Do, “A Short Introduction to Moral Philosophy” answer the questions in (1)?

Actions that you think most people would think are pretty obviously wrong: uncontroversial examples; vivid and extreme examples are good; being specific is good. L	?	Actions (or character traits) that you think  most people would think are pretty obviously NOT wrong, permissible, obligatory or otherwise good.
1.       Killing for leisure .. 2.       Rape 3.       Cannibalism .. when you are not starving.. 4.       Robbing a bank .. stealing from people who have almost nothing when you have plenty.. 5.       Throwing a shoe at the president.. 6.       Bullying children, or old people… 7.       Plagiarism… 8.       Trapping /  kidnapping innocent people… 9.       Pedophilia 10.   Oppression .. holocaust .. 11.   Genocide – Rwanda 12.   Slavery – specific kinds of slavery .. 13.   Treatment of native people: e.g., 14.   Racial discrimination .. esp in the injustice system… 15.   Discrimination re. sexual orientation … you could give specific examples of this.. 2.       Intentionally spreading a disease… 3.       Intentionally killing someone / murdering someone merely because you feel like 4.       Cursing someone out because they walkd in your room without asking.. 5.       Harming the vulnerable .. old people and babies.. and disabled people.. 6.       slavery 7.       rape 8.       holocaust 9.       Genocides …in somalia 10.   Lynchings.. 16.   Mutilation…	Sex before marriage.

Questions:

1.       Why do the wrong actions belong on the wrong list? What is it about these actions that makes them wrong?

2.       How to the moral theories in the Right Thing to Do, “A Short Introduction to Moral Philosophy” answer the questions in (1)?