Moral nihilism

The validity of their moral judgments now lies in the hands of potentially vindicating empirical research. Considering the nature of the topic, encountering such empirical evidence is merely a possibility. But for the debunker, this leads to mere uncertainty about evolutionary influences possibly shaping our moral judgments. Making the claim that our beliefs may be true only by mere coincidence is a strong statement…

responsibility to legislate on the issue of pornography according to the social moral consensus, and will argue that such principles have no place in state legislature or what the state should restrict. I will then argue that state legislation on pornography with content that which isn't already illegal would be a state incursion into an individual's negative Liberty, which cannot be justified according to…

upon what he believes our moral duty is in regards to providing for the poor. Specifically, he uses the example of the poverty in East Bengal, but he uses his arguments to defend the general hypothesis that “[i]f it is in our power to prevent something bad from happening, without thereby sacrificing anything of comparable moral importance, we ought, morally, to do it.” His first argument, in which he states this “strong hypothesis,” points out that this is not a demanding moral principle. It…

order. In the eyes of the characters, locating a way to stay moral is very challenging. When it is noticed that people who aren’t moral and doing as they please are gaining success, staying moral is testing. Being a Christian helped some characters who were conflicted, stay moral. Most of the men that are fighting for power stay immoral because their vision is clouded with power. From a Christian standpoint, it is much easier staying moral because you know the rewards in heaven will be worth…

final statement, of the lack of a final moral determination, that may cause some to reject a black box approach but again I disagree as I think this is actually the point and why Thompson is wrong with the Innocent Bystander (IB). Taking Thompson’s aggressors cases, they would fit in well with the previous scenario, if we knew the man who died was the aggressors and actively trying to kill the other, we would assign self-defence. There seems to be a moral right, if we are innocent to defend our…

unjust meaning its not morally wrong. There is a difference in a desire and a moral obligation. We define a desire as a strong feeling of wanting to have something or wishing for something to happen. We define a obligation as an act or course of action to which a person is morally or legally bound; a duty or commitment. We as humans have many desires but fewer moral obligations. A desire is much more different than a moral obligation. We sometimes believe there are desires but we have no right…

morally right for him or her. Meanwhile, the moral code is also different from cultures to cultures, which…

forth his argument that “if it is in our power to prevent something very bad from happening, without thereby sacrificing anything else morally significant, we ought, morally, to do it,” (Cahn, 505). In his argument Singer claims that men have the moral responsibility to prevent suffering when it does not negatively impact “himself or his dependents” (Cahn, 508), and that the refusal of this prescribed human duty makes him morally incompetent. The extended example that Singer uses as the basis of…

In reading the book Moral Theology: True Happiness and the Virtues by William Mattison III, I was pleasantly surprised to see how closely it follows the framework and school of thought of this class. The book focuses on why it is we do the things that we do in living a meaningful and reflective life. Following classical ‘means to end’ morality of the Aristotelian-Thomas tradition it utilizes many of the same commentators offered in this course including Annas, MacIntyre, Pieper, Pinckaers,…

something bad from happening, without thereby sacrificing anything of comparable moral importance, we ought, morally, to do it” (866) According to Singer this is means that it one must prevent something bad or avoid cause any more damage events from happening but are not required to promote something good in return. (866) He goes on to explain that this principle only applies when we do not have to sacrifice anything from a moral standpoint that is deemed comparably important. In addition to,…