Philosophy 2700F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Susan R. Wolf, Categorical Imperative
31 Dec 2018
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2700 ethics and value theory december 5, 2016. Prudential reasons/reasons for self-interest: moral reasons ask you to act in accordance with them even though this involves giving up your own self-interest (sacrifice: no moral reasons given above give value to self-interests. Neither moral reasons nor self-interests are dominant over another (it is not obvious which one will benefit more) Use these reasons to challenge certain conceptions of individuals that moral reasons suggest. Cultivation of these involves finding meaning in life. If you look at only #1, there is no room for #2 or #3. Moral saint: someone who tries to be as moral as one can be. Sacrifice both prudential reasons and perfectionist reasons. Recognizing this as wrong helps us to come up with problems with moral reasons. Always abiding by moral reasons makes someone boring/predictable (assuming that a perfectionist reason is spontaneity) Examples of why would someone have to ignore moral reasons.
