CAS PH 110 Study Guide - Final Guide: Anarchism In Russia, Negative And Positive Rights, Counterexample
28 Mar 2014
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Kantian approaches to famine problems, o"neill"s focus. We have a duty to help and support others in achieving their aims. Hunger, poverty, and powerlessness undercut the possibility of autonomous action. We have a duty to foster and secure others" capacities for autonomous action. Alfred poisons wife versus bert not giving his wife an antidote after she poisoned herself. Positive duties are things such as saving a life. Negative duties are things such as refraining from killing. Say five people on tracks were workers and knew of the dangers of the job while the one person was guaranteed safety on the tracks. The one person has more claim on life: changing outcomes. You can manipulate things to change outcomes, but not people. Makes it okay to flip the switch of the trolley but not push a fat man off a bridge to stop it in its tracks.
