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Chapter 10 Judging Like Cases Alike

Chapter 10 Judging Like Cases Alike. Moral judgment is interdependent on other similar situations-Kant Like cases must be judged alike. Chapter 10 Judging Like Cases Alike. Consistency Is Not Easy Applying the Golden Rule

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Chapter 10 Judging Like Cases Alike

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  1. Chapter 10 Judging Like Cases Alike Moral judgment is interdependent on other similar situations-Kant Like cases must be judged alike 10 Judging Like Cases Alike

  2. Chapter 10 Judging Like Cases Alike Consistency Is Not Easy Applying the Golden Rule Must treat other situations as we would consider it for ourselves. Otherwise we are making an exception for ourselves or treating others as mere means to our ends. In other words, no exceptions to self is morally accepted. Kant Example: selling used car Buyer beware or represent the truth with facts? 10 Judging Like Cases Alike

  3. Chapter 10 Judging Like Cases Alike Consistency Is Not Easy “Execution Stops a Beating Heart” Bumper sticker-argument “Abortion Stops a Beating Heart” Death penalty versus abortion Are they similar or they alike? Do we need to be consistent? 10 Judging Like Cases Alike 3

  4. Chapter 10 Judging Like Cases Alike Consistency Is Not Easy Respecting Innocent Life “We Brake For Animals We Save The Whales And The Baby Seals Why Do We Still Tolerate Abortion?” Good question Challenge: How can these two commitments be consistent? Rationalization Alert Irritating-Maybe Change our minds?! Offhand self-justification-Don’t go there Critical thinking-facts-reasoning, conclusions Neighbor-Pro life but avid deer hunter 10 Judging Like Cases Alike 4

  5. Chapter 10 Judging Like Cases Alike • How To Restore Consistency • Three Responses • You can argue that the alleged like cases are not really alike. • You can change your judgment about the like case or cases. • You can change your judgment about the original case or cases. • Example: Abortion and Capital Punishment • Exercises to support each response 10 Judging Like Cases Alike 5

  6. Chapter 10 Judging Like Cases Alike • Invented Cases • Not all “like cases” need to be “real cases” • The Logic of Invented Cases • Example: Used car • What if: statements provides us with what is called “moral imagination.” • The Right to Life and the Unconscious Violinist-Judith Thomson • 1. Example: Abortion 10 Judging Like Cases Alike 6

  7. Exercises and Notes: Practice Page 173 The “Consistent Ethic of Life” Page 174 10 Judging Like Cases Alike

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