Re: Semester 1 Chatter Thread
Then:
Part A:
2. Imagine that you are in a lifeboat that is overloaded. In order to save the lives of the people already on board, you prevent other drowning people from clambering aboard by bashing their grasping hands with an oar. Should you feel regretful, remorseful, ashamed or guilty about your action? Should you have those emotional responses because they are apt, or because they are useful, or both?
Part B:
5. Is there a necessary connection between sincerely judging that some act (e.g. giving money to charity) is right and being motivated to do it?