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Understanding Moral Disagreements

Understanding Moral Disagreements. Introduction. Let’s look at a framework within which we can Situate ourselves. Understand the various dimensions of moral disagreements. Decide when we can tolerate moral disagreement and when we can’t. Five Questions. What is the present state?

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Understanding Moral Disagreements

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  1. Understanding Moral Disagreements ©Lawrence M. Hinman

  2. Introduction • Let’s look at a framework within which we can • Situate ourselves. • Understand the various dimensions of moral disagreements. • Decide when we can tolerate moral disagreement and when we can’t. ©Lawrence M. Hinman

  3. Five Questions • What is the present state? • What is the ideal state? • What is the minimally acceptable state? • How do we get from the present to the minimally acceptable state? • How do we get from the minimum to the ideal state? ©Lawrence M. Hinman

  4. Developing a Moral Stance Here’s a way of visualizing these issues: ©Lawrence M. Hinman

  5. What Is the Present Situation? • In regard to this issue, what are the relevant facts? • How prevalent is the problem? • What are the morally significant facts to be noted? • Does everyone even think there is a problem? ©Lawrence M. Hinman

  6. What Is the Minimally Acceptable Situation? • What are the minimum conditions necessary for a just society in regard to this issue? • Here the issue is to determine what conditions must be present for society to be minimally tolerable in your eyes. • Implementation of these conditions may involve coercion—e.g., laws and punishment. ©Lawrence M. Hinman

  7. What Is the Ideal Situation? • What are the ideal conditions necessary for a just society in regard to this issue? • What would it take for this problem to be completely solved? • Implementation of this condition usually involves non-coercive means, since it is not morally required of everyone. ©Lawrence M. Hinman

  8. How Should We Get From the Present to the Minimally Acceptable State? • How should we get from the actual state to the minimally acceptable state? List specific ways of getting from the actual state of society to the minimal conditions listed earlier. • Examples: laws, taxes, regulations, protests, civil disobedience. ©Lawrence M. Hinman

  9. How Should We Get from the Present to the Ideal State? • How should we get from the actual state to the ideal state? List specific ways of getting from the actual state of society to the ideal conditions listed above. • Examples: public relations campaigns, education, tax incentives, laws • In the area of ideals, there is a much greater degree of toleration than in regard to what is the moral minimum. ©Lawrence M. Hinman

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