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I don't know if there is, or can be a general theory of morality, but that does not preclude the possibility that there may exist special cases that offer clear
by Zuider 10y ago
I don't know if there is, or can be a general theory of morality, but that does not preclude the possibility that there may exist special cases that offer clear resolution, or that, even though we lack a general theory, there may be enough understood and agreed upon to live by.
For instance, it is clearly moral to lie to a psychopathic killer in order to prevent a murder.
- hx87 10y agoHow do you determine which system of morality prevails in this particular case? Your intuition might tell you that deontology is the dominant mode here, but my intuition tells me the opposite.