PHIL 201 Lecture Notes - Pepper Spray, Negative And Positive Rights
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He argues charity should be looked at as a strict duty. P. 874 if it is in your power to prevent something bad from happening, without sacrificing anything morally important, you ought to do it. 876 if we accepted this principle the traditional categories of duty and charity would have to be revised. You wake up and say oh i have to send money to _______. not to sacrifice. Well if you were to give so much that you cause yourself to be unable to eat and such. This wouldn"t be sacrificing anything of moral significance, but it is still your duty. He says it shouldn"t matter how far the event is that needs help. There might be practical reasons why distance is relevant, but he doesn"t take this into consideration. P. 878 2nd column we might think, oh well the government will take care of it.
