PHIL 252 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Principle Of Double Effect, Mortal Sin, If And Only If
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Jones- stands & watches as child drowns: actively killing results, from your choice, in a death. Passively letting die results, from your choice, in a death. Scenario 1: if i push the button the child will emerge unharmed but secret get sent to north korean army, if i don"t, child tortured secret destroyed. Scenario 2: push- child tortured, secret destroyed, don"t push- child escapes, secret sent to north korea. Can you foresee but not intend the death of the patient: intention is the end of suffering & not the death, objection: can say the same thing in so called active case. Racist- parallel to sexism- cultural and economic structures which create and enforce racial divisions and work to maintain the dominance. Why don"t animals belong to the moral community: self awareness, fixed instincts; lack flexibility, ability to learn, moral agency.
