Philosophy 3820F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Categorical Imperative, Serfdom, Fraternities And Sororities
26 Jun 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Miller Issues
You have special obligations to the people in your “college” (Oxford)
Modern example sorority obligations
Having a fellow feeling to people in your own country is a good quality
Connection to moral judgments
Reciprocity
Exposure to diversity
Makes people more inclined to be against them
Kant
Agent-related duties
Universality
Imagine a house on a corner lot, is it permissible to walk across the lawn,
no it will create a path
If its not okay for everyone to do it its not okay for you to do that
Categorical Imperative
Unconditional commands
Always act in such a way, you could will the maxim of your act to be a
universal law
When we do this we are exercising reason
Bernard Williams
Two people are drowning
Who should you save and who would you save
The demands of reality are determined by reason
Moralities not always figuring out the rules, its about having a certain
disposition
World Bank
Exists to provide loans to poor countries
Where ordinary commercial lenders would not loan
The world bank gives itself the privilege of putting requirements on what
can be done with the money, some of these requirements will hurt the
poor counties
The countries that support the world bank support making things work
by imposing an unjust institution
If there is a duty it does not belong to us as Individuals it belongs to the
governments
Mobility
Serfdom
Real property
Things that are permanently attached to the land
Personal property
Mobility Rights
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Document Summary
You have special obligations to the people in your college (oxford) Having a fellow feeling to people in your own country is a good quality. Makes people more inclined to be against them. Imagine a house on a corner lot, is it permissible to walk across the lawn, no it will create a path. Always act in such a way, you could will the maxim of your act to be a universal law. When we do this we are exercising reason. Who should you save and who would you save. The demands of reality are determined by reason. Moralities not always figuring out the rules, its about having a certain disposition. Exists to provide loans to poor countries. Where ordinary commercial lenders would not loan. The world bank gives itself the privilege of putting requirements on what can be done with the money, some of these requirements will hurt the poor counties.
