Name: Save The Boy? 4 Moral Thinkers Have Different Opinions
Uploaded: 2023-06-22T07:59:48+00:00
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Description: Would you save a boy who is drowning in front of your eyes? And thinking about this question, do you base your answer on the character you strive to become, on the behavior you want to see in the worl

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Would you save a boy who is drowning in front of your eyes? And thinking about this question, do you base your answer on the character you strive to become, on the behavior you want to see in the world, a costs and benefit analysis, your own self interest, or would you just follow what feels right? Let’s try to answer these questions with the theory of four famous thinkers :Aristotle, Kant, Nietzsche and Mill.

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01:01 Virtue theorists
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03:17 Deontologist
04:13 Nietzsche
04:48 Koppel's observation
05:50 What would you do?
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06:26 Ending