PHIL 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: The Life You Can Save, Divine Command Theory
18 Jul 2016
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Singer: give to charity until you are at the point you are sacrificing something of moral significance. The life you can save: singer identifies particular amounts; weaker claim than paper in order to get more people to donate; even weaker, morally obligated to give something/anything. Should i devote myself to being as moral as possible. Should i be aiming at doing the morally right thing all the time; wolf argues not necessarily. Wolf, in a sense, argues you ought not strive to be as morally good as possible. Someone whose every actions is as good as possible; always trying to be as moral as possible. All time/money goes to charity; does not spend time for leisure. Loving saint: derives pleasure from morally good deeds. Rational saint: doesn"t necessarily like the actions but does them out of a sense of duty. Views moral saints as boring and annoying; not fun to hang out with.
