PO301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Instrumental And Value Rationality, Global Dimension, Ecocentrism
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P1: all creatures with a capacity to flourish (goal-directedness) and/or have a. Good" of their own - their life can go better or worse - are intrinsically valuable. P2: creatures that are intrinsically valuable should, where possible, be protected. P3: all living creatures possess either a or b. Critique: conflicts of flourishing, speculative teleology: we know nothing about what it"s like to be a butterfly. Too much weight on moral implications of life or possession of biological goals. P1: all things that have natural origins and/or possess a good", possess intrinsic value. P2: objects possess a good" and have natural origins. Unclear implications beyond abandonment of many environmental restoration etc projects. Perhaps best described as a detached value" in favour of not messing too much with these things - rocks etc cannot coherently be ascribed rights. Climate change: perfect moral storm": global dimension because gases emitted in one place affects everyone, and the effects are felt unequally.
