PHIL 322 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Whistleblower

• School: University of Arizona
• Department: Philosophy Main
• Course: PHIL 322
• Professor: ALL

Document Summary

It is morally inappropriate to advertise to children because children are especially vulnerable to persuasion. Children are no longer especially vulnerable when they can explicitly recognize advertisers intent. Advertising is morally appropriate if children can explicit recognize advertisers intent. Narine and fine reject premise 2 thus rejecting 3. It is not clear at what age children capacity to manage these conflict matches adults. N and f endorse that children are no longer vulnerable when they can control their implicit attitudes when they conflict with their explicit attitudes. Whistleblowing is morally distinct from spying, informing, betraying. Standard theory of whistleblowing assumes the principle of minimally decent samaritans - people have a oral obligation. Whistleblowing can be immediately costly - career destroying etc. Classical model assumes that efficient markets produce goods out of resources to satisfy consumer demand. Efficient markets/forms are assessed in terms of how well they satisfy consumer demand. Biocentric model - natural objects have some moral standing.