PHIL 320A Lecture 43: PHIL-320A,University of Arizona,TextbookReadings(p43)

• School: University of Arizona
• Department: Philosophy Main
• Course: PHIL 320A
• Professor: All

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Is there any simple connection between premises about how bad someone"s problem is and conclusions about what we ought to do about it? minimizing suffering is not the only thing that matters. Nor is it always what matters most, there are things (e. g. , all sentient life) that ought not to be sacrificed merely to minimize suffering. Suffering could matter quite a lot without it being true that we ought to spend quite a lot of our lives working to put an end to it. It is a pivotal feature of our moral psychology that when we focus on something, it takes on added moral significance to us. He is committed to respecting humans and dolphins alike, but he is not committed to giving them equal time when deciding how to plan his life. One difference between van gogh in the lake and van gogh at the auction (likewise between accident and famine) is a difference in cost.