Week 4/8/12 by https://padlet.com/ktaylor177/lpnxxg9kucj5jgt4 Introduction to Moral Philosophy en-us 2020-09-15 05:59:07 UTC 2020-11-19 06:05:33 UTC hello@padlet.com Part 2: ktaylor177 https://padlet.com/ktaylor177/lpnxxg9kucj5jgt4/wish/746795199 1. Sandel says that money can buy advertising space and right for the london eye, military contractors, and even a cell upgrade in some prisons
2. Money can't buy love, and almost all intangible things (such as emotions)
3. A market economy is where goods are sold, a market society is when everything is sold


]]> 2020-09-15 06:01:33 UTC https://padlet.com/ktaylor177/lpnxxg9kucj5jgt4/wish/746795199 Part 1: ktaylor177 https://padlet.com/ktaylor177/lpnxxg9kucj5jgt4/wish/746795307 1. Moral Relativism
Societies create their own morals.
pros: Freedom to choose
con: no one structured moral values

2. Utilitarianism
Weighing all pros and cons, and choosing the one which yields the most happiness
pro: Enjoying life
Weakness: people have different views of happiness

3. Deontology
One should do the right thing because there is an obligation to do so
pro: Eveeryone would follow the same
con: ignores consequences

4. Virtue Ethics
You should do something because of the person you want to be
pro: repetitiveness
con: only way to be good is to be always consistent


5. Liberalism
putting liberty before law
pro: letting people have their life
con: people making poor decisions]]> 2020-09-15 06:01:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ktaylor177/lpnxxg9kucj5jgt4/wish/746795307 Part 3 ktaylor177 https://padlet.com/ktaylor177/lpnxxg9kucj5jgt4/wish/749042631 1. People could be pushed into selling kidneys as a matter or need for money. People can monopolize the kidney market and make it rough. People could also sell it as a last resort.

2. Deontology is the main ethical value seen in this example. Even though selling a kidney could do good, Sandel and the students say they shouldn't because it just isn't the right thing.]]> 2020-09-15 17:53:11 UTC https://padlet.com/ktaylor177/lpnxxg9kucj5jgt4/wish/749042631 Part 4: ktaylor177 https://padlet.com/ktaylor177/lpnxxg9kucj5jgt4/wish/750660899 Merit and need-based justice is the best. All of our actions should have consequences, with as little outside intervention whatsoever. But, I do believe people need a safety net in our society.]]> 2020-09-16 06:24:51 UTC https://padlet.com/ktaylor177/lpnxxg9kucj5jgt4/wish/750660899 Week 8 Part 1: ktaylor177 https://padlet.com/ktaylor177/lpnxxg9kucj5jgt4/wish/833246438 Land of Cockaigne: A depiction of a perfect life, where everything is in grasp and no harshness exists, but the painting is misleading

Biological Old Regime: 80% of the population were peasents, and they made food for themselves and the rest of the neighboring population

Anthropocene: Period of time which human activities impacted the environment enough to create a distinct geological change.

I think human control over our environment is going to be a lasting feature of of existence because humans are so controlling at a species level. Food, land, entertainment, we shift, move, and control the environment constantly and I don't think that will change.]]> 2020-10-15 17:16:28 UTC https://padlet.com/ktaylor177/lpnxxg9kucj5jgt4/wish/833246438 Week 8 part 2: ktaylor177 https://padlet.com/ktaylor177/lpnxxg9kucj5jgt4/wish/833296618
  • Hetch Hetchy: A river and water system in Cali
  • Conservationism: protection of natural resources
  • Eco-Modernism: philosophy that humans should protect nature and human wellbeing
  • Forest Death: Trees dying without an obvious cause.
  • Preservations: protection of buildings, objects, landscapes
  • Island Effect: members of a species change based on resources available
  • Half Earth: Plan to protect half of earth to manage habitat and the long-term health of all species.


    • I am in the middle, but leaning more toward a conservation approach because we need to protect our resources and use them sparingly.

    ]]>     2020-10-15 17:27:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ktaylor177/lpnxxg9kucj5jgt4/wish/833296618     Week 8: Part 3 ktaylor177 https://padlet.com/ktaylor177/lpnxxg9kucj5jgt4/wish/833342383
  • Hide Hunters: People who sell hide
  • Environmental Justice: Interaction with nature can impact groups of people and create inequality. A system to protect justice with the environment
  • Slow Violence: Long-term effects of small environmental justice changes
  • Fortress Conservation: Barriers that limit human interaction


    • I feel we need a global system to discuss and think about actions. We need to find a way to see the long-term impacts and effects of what we do now, as people probably don't see them all the time.

    ]]>     2020-10-15 17:38:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ktaylor177/lpnxxg9kucj5jgt4/wish/833342383     Week 12 ktaylor177 https://padlet.com/ktaylor177/lpnxxg9kucj5jgt4/wish/939965457 Part 1:
    Another concept of dual use could be explosives. Explosives can be used for demolition and testing and helping to reshape the land for use with no harm to people, but people can also use explosives for acts of terrorism or as acts of violence

    Part 2:
    If we halted the spread of nuclear weapons, we would have a lot less nuclear weapons around the world, and we will theoretically be a lot safer as a planet. However, a good thought is that the loss of all these nuclear weapons could create a more dangerous way of war or more frequency of it. Nuclear weapons put the world at a standstill.

    Their reaction was the opposite of what they believed. Although it was a bad thing for them to do, they  felt happy that it happened because their project was successful.

    Part 3:
    The part that concerns me the most is that of it's unpredictability. Although nuclear power plants are the safest form of energy, when they fail it can be catastrophic for the area around it. Another thing I am concerned about is the inevitable war that is soon to come. IF one country sends a nuke to a country, the whole world will start sending bombs and humans are done after that.]]>     2020-11-19 05:58:32 UTC https://padlet.com/ktaylor177/lpnxxg9kucj5jgt4/wish/939965457