PHIL 120W Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Nahshon
11 Apr 2016
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Textbook: contemporary debates in applied ethics, cohen and wellman (eds. ) (wiley. Perez, nahshon (#13) must we provide material redress for past wrongs? : many people who would not have been born are born as a result of historical wrongs . No compensation for actions that bring anyone into existence. Interpretation a) the net benefits argument: life is always better b) the meaningless comparison argument: no harm done for birth. No one who has a moral duty to compensation when the original wrongdoers are dead.
