PHIL 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Moral Luck
15 Sep 2020
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A note on writing a good philosophy paper. *precision - using the right words / no long, convoluted sentences. Don"t begin with a fancy topic sentence". Don"t decide your position without regard for the quality of the case you can make for it. Do not be afraid to delete (don"t leave something in the paper that doesn"t belong. The basic point is to identify a conflict b/t our intuitions about moral responsibility and our moral practices: sometimes our claims of moral responsibility and our judgements are not compatible. We intuitively believe that people shouldn"t be held responsible for factors beyond control: physical force (i. e. if somebody stronger than you smashed your hand into a computer screen) *conflict b/t condition of control and moral luck (our moral judgments conflict with conditions of control - it seems there isn"t much scope left for moral judgment)
