implications of libiarianism
- Created by: shanshan01
- Created on: 30-03-20 13:27
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- the implications of libertarianism on moral responsibility
- the value in blaming moral agents for immoral acts
- because the choice of whether to act morally or not is in their own moral free will.
- this is why Sartre viewed free will as a curse on humanity.
- total free will comes with moral responsibility
- rational choice theory supports this.
- people are reasoning actors who freely weigh up pros and cons of their actions and then make the choice.
- the UK legal system takes a free will view and believes it is right to punish people who are guilty of a crime.
- rational choice theory supports this.
- upholds the usefulness of normative ethics.
- aim of all normative ethics is to act as a moral guide (do good avoid wrong)
- divine command theory:
- morally good/bad because god commands it. eg: "you shall not murder" murder is morally wrong
- the individual needs to freely reason whether DCT is or is not the right normative ethic to follow.
- use of free will is arguably reduced in this normative ethic.
- rationality is provided for them
- act utilitarianism:
- atheist normative ethic created by Jeremy Bentham, based on human pleasure.
- consequence should bring the most amount of happiness for the most amount of people
- free will select the course of action which will bring this consequence
- the value in blaming moral agents for immoral acts
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