PHIL 120W Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Moral Hazard
16 Apr 2016
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Textbook: contemporary debates in applied ethics, cohen and wellman (eds. ) (wiley. A person should be willing to give if: should not do wrong to others others need help, but there is no need to apologize for the privileges. Famine relief and human virtue : the right to do wrong , (the right to personal freedom) A person is not obligated to provide any portion of her time or wealth (436: if humanitarian aid is enforced by the state, freedom needed to lead a good life is deprived. Key arg: the good samaritan principle, the knowledge argument. Duties to not support nor profit from. Culture of dependency (439) the harm to others. Locals may be just as needy (440: wellman"s good samaritan duty. Notes: world hunger is chronic rather than an demands only modest sacrifices emergency. Prevention of death rule applies to all circumstances.
