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abortion, radical defense of,
92–93“altruistic personalities,”
127The Amoralist thought experiment: about,
2,
56–57; changing amoralists,
63–64; law of talion,
62; morally flawed actions,
60–62; morally neutral actions,
60; reasons for being moral,
57–59; universalization,
59–60And If Sexuality Were Free? thought experiment,
104–6applied ethics, defined,
181
bodily form, social belonging and,
79–81
The Child Who Is Drowning in a Pond thought experiment: about,
1,
160; intuition,
12–13; moral questions,
13; negative responsibility,
13; rule,
13; scenarios,
11–12A Clockwork Orange (Burgess),
63
compatibilism-incompatibilism, defined,
181–82conceptual consistency,
60conceptual problem, defined,
xviiiConfronting a Furious Crowd thought experiment: explained,
1; scenarios,
17–23consequentialists, deontologists and,
36construction of moral theories, moral intuitions in,
133critique of moral theories, moral intuitions in,
133
“democratized” thought experiment,
134–35deontologism: defined,
183; explained,
xix–xxdeontologists: consequentialists and,
36; on killing and letting die,
8–10divinity, ethics of,
51–53
Emergencies thought experiment: explained,
1; scenarios,
7–8emotional reactions, irrationality of,
152–53ethics: applied,
181; of autonomy,
51; of community,
51; of divinity,
51–53; morality and,
184; normative,
187; virtue,
3–4,
189The Experience Machine thought experiment: about,
2,
65–70; scenarios,
67–70; tendency towards inertia,
67experimental moral philosophy: about,
151–52; explained, x; irrationality of emotional reactions,
152–53“experimental” philosophers,
137
Failure to Render Assistance to a Person in Danger scenario,
7female genital mutilation,
53–55Frankenstein, Minister of Health thought experiment: explained,
3; scenarios,
94–99A Furious Crowd scenario,
17
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals (Kant),
203n11
harm, injuries and,
82–84
Incest in All Innocence thought experiment: ethics of autonomy,
51–53; ethics of community,
51–53; explained,
2; female genital mutilation,
53–55; maximalism,
47–49; minimalism,
45–47; naturalization of “minimalism”
versus “maximalism” debate,
50; scenarios,
42–44; ‘victimless moral crimes,’
44individuals, species and,
79inertia, tendency towards,
67injuries, harm and,
82–84internalism-externalism, defined,
185Is a Short Mediocre Life Preferable to No Life at All? thought experiment,
2,
71–72It Is Harder to Do Good Intentionally Than It Is to Do Evil thought experiment,
3,
107–8I Would Have Preferred Never To Have Been Born thought experiment,
73–75
justification: about,
140; of hypothesis,
xvii–xix; of moral theories, moral intuitions in,
133
The Killer Trolley thought experiment: explained,
1,
5; scenarios,
24–27Killing the Pedestrian scenario,
78
“liberty,” “nature” and,
78“Life Raft” experiments,
2
maximalism: about,
47–49,
177;
versus minimalism debate,
50method of reflective equilibrium,
164methodological problems,
135–36minimalism: about,
45–47,
177;
versus maximalism debate,
50modularity, debate concerning,
148–49Monsters and Saints thought experiment,
112–28moral arguments: elementary rules of,
163–72; reasons for being,
57–59; simplicity of,
viii–ixmoral intuition: about,
viii,
131,
138–40,
178–79; in construction, justification, and critique of moral theories,
133; defined,
186; elementary rules of,
ix; fragility of,
39–41; interpretation,
140–41; justification,
140; poverty of,
37–39morally flawed actions,
60–62morally neutral actions,
60moral modules, defined,
186–87moral questions, in The Child Who Is Drowning in a Pond thought experiment,
13moral reasoning: elementary rules of,
154–62; rule of,
132; value of rules of,
133Must We Eliminate Animals In Order To Liberate Them? thought experiment: about,
76–78; criteria,
81–82; criterion of pleasure and pain,
85–86; extinction,
85; individuals and species,
79; injuries and harm,
82–84; liquidation,
86–88; “nature” and “liberty,”
78; normative conclusions,
84–85; repugnant conclusion,
86; social belonging and bodily form,
79–81
naturalization, of minimalism
versus maximalism debate,
50“nature,” “liberty” and,
78negative responsibility, in The Child Who Is Drowning in a Pond thought experiment,
13normative ethics, defined,
187
pain, criterion of pleasure and,
85–86pleasure, criterion of pain and,
85–86positive discrimination,
77principle of reciprocity,
62
R1: One Cannot Derive an Ought from an Is: about,
12,
156–59; conflicts between R2: Ought Implies Can and,
166–68; questions about,
163–65R2: Ought Implies Can: about,
12,
159–60; conflicts between R1: One Cannot Derive an Ought from an Is and,
166–68; questions about,
165–66R3: Like Cases Must Be Treated Alike: about,
160; defending,
170–71; questions about,
168R4: It Is Pointless to Oblige People to Do What They Will Necessarily Do of Their Own Accord; It Is Pointless to Prohibit People from Doing What They Will Not Willingly Do in Any Case: about,
161–62; questions about,
171–72reality, thought experiments and,
xv–xvireflective equilibrium: defined,
187–88; method of,
164The Republic (Plato),
xvi
repugnant conclusion,
85,
86A Responsible Pilot scenario,
17–23rules: The Child Who Is Drowning in a Pond thought experiment,
13; intuition and,
131–33; nonmoral,
45–46; rule of moral reasoning,
132.
See also moral rules
scenarios: The Child Who Is Drowning in a Pond thought experiment,
11–12; Confronting a Furious Crowd thought experiment,
17–23; Emergencies thought experiment,
7–8; The Experience Machine thought experiment,
67–70; Failure to Render Assistance to a Person in
scenarios (
continued) Danger,
7; Frankenstein, Minister of Health thought experiment,
94–99; A Furious Crowd,
17; Incest in All Innocence thought experiment,
42–44; The Killer Trolley thought experiment,
24–27; Killing the Pedestrian,
7–8; A Responsible Pilot,
17–23; A Transplant Gone Mad thought experiment,
15–16; A Violinist Has Been Plugged Into Your Back thought experiment,
91–92; We Are Free, Even If Everything Is Written In Advance thought experiment,
110; Who Am I Without My Organs? thought experiment,
100social belonging, bodily form and,
79–81species, individuals and,
79 “
submission to authority,
4
thought experiments: democratizing,
xx–xxi; explained,
xiv–xv; reality and,
xv–xvi; use of,
xi–xiv.
See also specific thought experimentsA Transplant Gone Mad thought experiment: explained,
1; scenarios,
15–16
The Utility Monster thought experiment,
2,
5,
89–90
victimless moral crimes,
44,
48,
49A Violinist Has Been Plugged Into Your Back thought experiment: about,
2–3,
160; radical defense of abortion,
92–93; scenarios,
91–92virtue ethics, defined,
3–4,
189virtues, moral instinct and,
175–76
We Are Free, Even If Everything Is Written In Advance thought experiment: about,
103,
109; scenarios,
110Who Am I Without My Organs? thought experiment: explained,
3; scenarios,
100
