Essays about: "Moral Intuitions"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words Moral Intuitions.
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1. Navigating the Paradox : Moral Intuitions, Evolutionary Critiques & Philosophical Implications
University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudierAbstract : In this thesis, I explore moral intuition as an epistemological tool for constructing moral systems, focusing specifically on the challenges arising from evolutionary and cultural biases. This thesis will consider and discuss Michael Huemer's Ethical Intuitionism, Peter Singer's critique of moral intuitions, and Sharon Street's Darwinian Dilemma, I consider some possible defenses and counterarguments concerning the reliability of moral intuitions. READ MORE
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2. The Consequentialist Strikes Back : A Discussion of Boonin’s Response to the Nonidentity Problem and Why a Consequentialist Approach is Preferable
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Filosofiska institutionenAbstract : The nonidentity problem is the issue of how to justify the belief that it is wrong to bring a person into existence if they would have a flawed life, though still worth living, instead of bringing another, nonidentical person into existence who would have a better life. To have an impaired life that is worth living seems to be a good existence, at least for the person in question. READ MORE
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3. THE PROCREATION ASYMMETRY : The Existence-requirement Strategy and some Concerns on Incompatibility
University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudierAbstract : According to the procreation asymmetry there is no moral reason to create a new and foreseeably happy person just because this person will be happy, but there is however a moral reason against creating a new and foreseeably unhappy person just because this person will be unhappy. A common way to defend this conjunction of claims is by employing a so-called existence-requirement, according to which the happiness of a given person p in a world w depends on it being possible to understand p as an existing person in w. READ MORE
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4. ”Obligation”, ”Ought” and ”Can”
University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudierAbstract : This paper criticises the famous “”ought” implies “can”” on the grounds that its main claim - that there can be no unfulfillable obligations - is false. The first part of the paper investigates the use, history and previous literature on the topic, as well as the proper understanding of the principle. READ MORE
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5. The Procreation Asymmetry : The existence-requirement strategy and some concerns on incompatibility
University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudierAbstract : According to the procreation asymmetry there is no moral reason to create a new and foreseeably happy person just because this person will be happy, but there is however a moral reason against creating a new and foreseeably unhappy person just because this person will be unhappy. A common way to defend this conjunction of claims is by employing a so-called existence-requirement, according to which the happiness of a given person p in a world w depends on it being possible to understand p as an existing person in w. READ MORE
