AJ 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Endangerment, Environmental Ethics, Animal Testing
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They are powerless to defend ourselves from the violent mentally ill, however they find them sick, not bad. It is so even though their real conduct is indistinguishable from that of other people whom we discipline. For example, a murder can result in a death penalty or a commitment from a hospital, depending on whether the perpetrator is considered to be sane or insane, responsible or not. Affect others: in the end, we generally only address good or unethical conduct in situations where the action cantly affects others. Throwing a rock off a bridge, for example, would be neither good nor bad because you might actually strike a person below or threaten him. If there is no one, your conduct is neutral. In fact, thinking about a behavior that does not affect others, although indirectly, is difficult. "or" i didn"t mean to: yes, even an hermit living alone on a desert island can participate in unethical or immoral acts.
