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Philosophy 3200Handout, Concepts and Vocabulary
standpoints of evaluation:
prudential (or self interested) standpoint
moral standpoint
legal standpoint
Evaluate a parent’s decision to homeschool their child (in the way we’ve been discussing) fromthe moral, legal, and prudential standpoints.
Assume that homeschooling is very popular in North Carolina. The North Carolina legislaturepasses a law specifically banning homeschooling by parents with creationist beliefs. Evaluatethis from the moral, legal, and prudential standpoints.
right/wrong/acceptable (neutral)
partly good / partly bad
overall good / overall bad
(From the moral standpoint) Is everything that is overall good also right? Is everything that isoverall bad also wrong?
Philosophy 3200Handout, Concepts and Vocabulary
instrumental good:
intrinsic good:
Give an example of something that is instrumentally good, and say what it is good for.
Give an example of something that is intrinsically good.
X has a duty to Y:
X has a duty to not do Y:
Y is obligatory:
A has a right to Y:
A has a right against X to Y:
Philosophy 3200Handout, Concepts and Vocabulary
conditional:
antecedent:
consequent:
How do you show that a conditional is false?
For each of the following conditionals, underline the antecedent and circle the consequent. Thengive an example that shows that the entire conditional is false.
1. If someone is successful, then they worked hard for their success.
2. All happy people are people who are doing something they consider valuable to society.
3. If something is immoral, then it is also illegal.
4. All even-numbered movie sequels are better than odd-numbered sequels (in the samefranchise).
5. Whenever someone accomplishes something, they should feel proud.
6. All illegal acts are acts that would be immoral even if they were not illegal.