COMM 2273 Lecture Notes - Lecture 75: Australian Charities And Not-For-Profits Commission, Naturalistic Fallacy, Intentionality

• School: University of Arkansas-Monticello
• Department: Communication
• Course: COMM 2273
• Professor: Key

Document Summary

First the framework is self-defeating because presumes that some human essence like intentionality exists in the first place but denies that that essence is relevant in constructing moral judgments. Second, the framework isn"t normative because oftentimes individuals don"t know their own intent, for instance when they are insane or under psychological duress. Third, the framework collapses to an agent neutral account because individuals appeal to some agent-neutral norm to justify their actions to others. Agent-relativity doesn"t account for the role of ethical reasoning in moral discourse. The fact that we do express opinions on views and try to justify our beliefs means that the ac"s/nc"s account of morality is insufficient to meet the value. Fourth, the ac/nc grounds morality in subjective intent at the cost of not getting into the territory of ethics at all since there need be no disagreement between two people who intend conflicting things. Ethics concerns actions that we insist upon or demand from other people.