PHIL 2170 Lecture : Love and Morality
15 Nov 2011
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Ta office hours: thursdays 1-2pm, 2101 mccain building. Love & morality: morality splits up right and wrong, right is further split between obligations and permissive (ex. Donating to charity: obligations rule of ought"; ought" implies can" (ex. There is still the issue of which actions are right and which are wrong, when done for love or because of love, to beloveds and those not part of the love relationship. (p. 89) Romantic love cannot really be obligatory, because it violates the important principal of. Ought implies can. if we are obligated to do action a, we would have to be able to do a, (p. 89: prevents ridiculous moralities, you cannot force someone to love; romantic love can"t be morally obligatory. No y has a right against x that x romantically love y. (p. 90: no right myself to say you have to love me; i have no right to your love. No more preferential treatment moral looking world: loss of trust -
