PHIL 2070 Midterm: Midterm Review
8 Mar 2017
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Widespread privatization: tend to manage land sustainably when they own it, because doing so is in their long- term self interest, an people can be relied upon to behave self-interestedly, so make all land private. Government regulation: common resources are owned by a central authority which monitors them and regulates access in ways that promote long term communal interests. Ethical obligations: people tend to refrain from engaging in behaviours that are deemed morally unacceptable. Those who fail to conform are ostracised, shamed or regret their actions. This is a powerful means of effecting social coordination for a common good: to succeed, one requires a rationally compelling moral argument. Normative premise: identifies a shared value (moral norm: general category of behaviour c out be judged morally right or wrong. Descriptive premise: states a fact: particular behaviour b belongs to category c. Normative conclusion: makes a moral judgment: b therefore ought to be judged morally right/wrong.
