THE CAT WAS NAMED FOSPY
Scenario 1 Analysis
Carl Bianchiâs mother was very ill. On her deathbed she asked him to promise that he would visit her grave at least once a week. Carl didnât want to disappoint his mother, so he promised that he would. But after his mother died, he didnât keep his promise. He was too busy. He didnât tell anyone about his promise, and he has never felt guilty for failing to do as he said he would.
You responded that Carl Bianchi did no moral wrong in failing to keep the promise he made to his mother on her deathbed. This certainly fits with your view that there was no harm associated with his dishonesty. However, there is an interesting tension in your responses. Even though you think there was no moral wrong and that no harm occurred, you nevertheless claimed it would have bothered you to have watched Carl lying to his mother. This is a little odd. There is no logical inconsistency here, but it is somewhat implausible from a psychological point of view. Put simply, it just isnât clear why youâd find it bothersome to watch Carl lying to his mother, which, after all, is just a matter of watching one person talking to another, if there were not something about the morality of what was unfolding that you found troubling (perhaps, for example, to do with thoughts about betrayal or deception).
Nevertheless, despite this oddity, overall your responses to this particular scenario fit together pretty well.
54% of the 129124 people who have completed this activity agree with you that Carl Bianchi did no moral wrong in not keeping the promise he made to his mother.
Put simply, it just isnât clear why youâd find it bothersome to watch Carl threaten to murder his mother, which, after all, is just a matter of watching one person talking to another,
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Betty Slocombeâs cat was killed in a tragic accident with an out of control lawnmower. She had heard that cat meat was jolly tasty, so she cut up her cat, cooked it, and ate it for dinner. To date, she has never regretted her culinary experiment and she claims not to have suffered any harm as a result of cooking and eating Fopsy.
You responded that Betty Slocombe did no moral wrong in eating her cat, Fopsy. This certainly fits with your view that there was no harm associated with Betty snacking on her cat. It is worth pointing out that even though you think there was no moral wrong and that no harm occurred, you nevertheless claimed it would bother or disgust you to watch somebody eating their cat. This isnât surprising. It is likely a straightforward function of what might be termed the âyuk-factorâ: for most people in the West, eating a pet cat just is anathema.
Overall, youâll be pleased to hear, your responses to this particular scenario stack up pretty well together.
68% of the 129124 people who have completed this activity with agree you that Betty Slocombe did no moral wrong in eating her pet cat, Fopsy.
No just generalizing
Thereâs no way that all of the cest has the love to match
Statistically thatâs not realistic
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They
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@fopsy
who will be the sacrifice
SKIPPING THE THIRD ONE
ONTO DROWING KIDS BY ARETE QUEST
WOO LOVE DROWING KIDS
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should i do it chat
The Drowning Child
The Scenario
Your route to work takes you past a shallow pond. One morning you notice that a small child has fallen in and appears to be in difficulty in the water. The child is crying in distress and it seems is at risk of drowning. You are tall and strong, so you can easily wade in and pull the child out. However, although youâll come to no physical harm if you rescue the child, you will get your clothes wet and muddy, which means youâll have to go home to change, and likely youâll be late for work.
In this situation, do you have a moral obligation to rescue the child?
I have a moral obligation to rescue the child.
I have no moral obligation to rescue the child.
arete i thought you preferred passionate discussions about selfcest
moral obligation
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yes but peter singer is a bozo
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i think you would have a moral obligation to save a drowning child at cost of being minorly inconvenienced
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imo if work canât accomdate a âdrowing kidâ then they are a bad place to work
wonder what n thinks about that tho
Will i get written up
What is my attendance record currently
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sorry did you have a question Benguin 
for you itâs probably perfect so far
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he is completely prepared to sacrifice that child
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