Which ethical systems do you think have a better track record and why? Does virtue ethics, the preferred moral system of Catholics, have to take responsibility for pedophile priests? Does the rule-based ethics of deontology have to take responsibility for mass incarceration in the USA?
I can understand people claiming that this ethics implies that crazy conclusion, or assigning blame to an idea that seems clearly to have inspired a particular person to do a particular act. But I have no confidence that anybody on this earth has a clue about which ethical system is most or least disproportionately to blame for common-sense forms of good or bad behavior.
I think liberalism has a better track record than communism, for instance. No, but I do think Catholics should spend some time thinking about what’s up with catholic priests molesting children, particularly if that catholic has any control over what goes on in the church. In general I do not think blaming this or that ethical system or social movement makes much sense, but noticing that the adherents of some social movement or ethical system tend to do some particular kind of bad thing more often than others can be useful, particularly if you are a part of that social movement.
Which ethical systems do you think have a better track record and why? Does virtue ethics, the preferred moral system of Catholics, have to take responsibility for pedophile priests? Does the rule-based ethics of deontology have to take responsibility for mass incarceration in the USA?
I can understand people claiming that this ethics implies that crazy conclusion, or assigning blame to an idea that seems clearly to have inspired a particular person to do a particular act. But I have no confidence that anybody on this earth has a clue about which ethical system is most or least disproportionately to blame for common-sense forms of good or bad behavior.
I think liberalism has a better track record than communism, for instance. No, but I do think Catholics should spend some time thinking about what’s up with catholic priests molesting children, particularly if that catholic has any control over what goes on in the church. In general I do not think blaming this or that ethical system or social movement makes much sense, but noticing that the adherents of some social movement or ethical system tend to do some particular kind of bad thing more often than others can be useful, particularly if you are a part of that social movement.