PHIL 102 Lecture Notes - Modus Tollens, Modus Ponens, Chemical Warfare
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C so k modus tollens: if c then k not k! so not c! This is not common ground between a consequentialist and a critic. These are two different ways of arguing so they don"t work with each other. These examples are oversimpli cations it"s never right to kill so consequentialism isn"t true. He is a bad chemist and can"t nd a job to support his kids and wife. An old colleague offers him a job developing chemical warfare. If he doesn"t take the job, another, better chemist will take the job and will work harder at it. In africa, comes along 10 people that will be shot by soldiers. These 10 people are innocent and are to be made an example of. The soldiers say that if jim shoots one person, the rest could go free. These 10 people and other villagers are begging him to do it.
