Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Critical reasoning in ethics (short guide)

From http://books.google.com/books?id=FPvU8_fmwPoC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
Traits of fairmindedness:
  • entertain all moral viewpoints sympathetically
  • assess without reference to your own feelings on the topic
  • be self-critical -- assess your own views as strictly as you assess the views of others
  • willingness to adhere to moral standards even if they disadvantage you

Rawls: try to assess a situation as if you do not know your own position in society, talents, and abilities.

Hume -- emotional sense of morals, reason is subsidiary
Kant -- reason about morals (without emotion)

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