From 862ed7d2113fd78c3b80f935e12f65ee13434a11 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: lshprung Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2020 13:58:16 -0700 Subject: Post-class 07/06 --- 07-02.md | 4 ++++ 07-06.md | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+) create mode 100644 07-06.md diff --git a/07-02.md b/07-02.md index 97be10f..b52e1c2 100644 --- a/07-02.md +++ b/07-02.md @@ -27,3 +27,7 @@ - It is not necessary anymore with the rise of agriculture - Arguments for human exceptionalism rely on the fact that humans are moral agents + +--- + +[07/06 ->](07-06.md) diff --git a/07-06.md b/07-06.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5bdc632 --- /dev/null +++ b/07-06.md @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +[\<- 07/02](07-02.md) + +## Trolley Problem + +- 5 people are one one track, 1 person on the other. Which way to you set the train to go + - The trolley is initially going towards the 5 people +- A utilitarian would probably think of this in simple terms: one person dying vs 5 people dying +- This is tough to talk about without knowing who the people on the track are + - Ex. Assume that the 5 people have big families and were the family breadwinners. In this case, it would be exponentially more optimific to move to train to the track with 1 person +- The way you think about this likely changes when the problem changes from turning a level to pushing a person in front of the train + - These two versions brings up the ethics of gunning down people vs killing people with a remote controlled drone + +## Beasts are Rational Reading + +- Circe is a witch that turns humans into farm animals +- Odysseus lands on Circe's island +- Gryllus is a pig who used to be a man +- In the Ancient World, courage is a virtue + - Gryllus criticizes humans, claiming that they are not always courageous. He claims that animals are instinctually courageous + - A response to this argument is that perhaps humans are courageous when it is smart to be (fight or flight) +- Note that the author is perhaps a bit biased, as he was a vegetarian -- cgit