Questions tagged [moral-dilemma]
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How does utilitarianism deal with threats to others which depend on your actions?
If I was told that if I don't, for example, sit down, someone would commit an act of terrorism, would I be morally obligated to sit down under utilitarianism? On one hand, it would minimise suffering, ...
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Self discipline moral or immoral?
violating someone's autonomy or free will raises ethical concerns, then isn't controlling own thought (that is supressing certain thoughts and nurturing specific thoughts which is function of thought ...
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What is the moral difference between saving a life and creating a life?
In modern society, a lot of people think that giving birth is either wrong if it leads to some suffering or at the very least non-morally optional. However, saving a life is considered good. Why is ...
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Do we truly own our bodies?
Can we really say that we own our bodies even if we are not free and someone can take something from our bodies?
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What does not kill me makes me stronger
"Out of life's school of war: What does not destroy me, makes me
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-from the Maxims & Arrows section of aphorisms, in Die Götzen-Dämmerung (Twilight of the Idols) by Friedrich ...
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Master morality vs slave morality
I have read master morality vs slave morality through youtube and net. Every one has different interpretation.
Can some one summarize and explain what Nietzsche really tried to say ?
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Does "ought-implies-can" have to be taken for a universal material implication?
I was thinking of Quine's "change the logic, change the subject," saying, and thought over "change the deontic logic, change the deontic subject," and so then I wondered if deontic ...
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How does being the actor or agent who determines the occurrence of a moral event effect the morality of a given decision?
I'm going through this Harvard lecture on Justice, and one interesting question that the professor asks the student somewhere down the line is comparing two variations of the standard trolley problem. ...
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Can morality based in pragmatism delay moral progress?
I read a recent paper about trophy hunting. In it, the authors have a footnote that argues against people who oppose trophy hunting on the basis that it is absolutely wrong.
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If I switched off a sentient AI , will it be considered as murder?
There exists an artificial intelligence system that is conscious of itself just like humans.It is connected to some power source. Will switching it off be considered as murder ?
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Should I put my dog down to help the homeless?
I have a dog, and it costs $200 a month to sustain it, in terms of dog food and other miscellany. He's 2.5 years old, a very good boy and I value him as a great companion.
Recently my friend mentioned ...
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About an argument in Famine, Affluence and Morality
Peter Singer argues that if it is in our power to prevent something bad from happening, without thereby sacrificing anything of comparable moral importance, we ought, morally, to do it. I am debating ...
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Request for philosophers opposed to Singer's Famine, Affluence and Morality
I am new here, so I apologize if this question doesn't suit this platform in any particular way. I am currently in high school. I came across this article by the name "Famine, Affluence and ...
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Agglomerating with the other deontic operators
Agglomeration in deontic logic is when you have OBA and OBB, so you have OB(A&B). Agglomeration is controverted for reasons of theorizing about moral dilemmas. I'm looking through the SEP article ...
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What are the moral and ethical arguments surrounding the proposed legalization of the Ouroboros Steak?
Apparently the future is lab-grown meat which will see the end of slaughtering animals. However buisness tycoons are apparently not stopping at animal meat, and are proposing to grow human meat. One ...
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