Discussion #14
- Due May 12, 2018 by 11:59pm
- Points 10
- Submitting a discussion post
- Available May 7, 2018 at 6am - May 12, 2018 at 11:59pm
Instructions:
Post a response to a question or two concerning the week's reading or video. You must also reply to at least one other post. The deadline to post is Saturday, May 12th, by 11:59 pm.
Learning Objectives:
- Explain moral relativism and objectivism.
- Analyze the arguments put forth by Rand.
- Debate the ideas presented by Rand.
- Demonstrate an understanding of and objections to Rand's moral theory.
- Communicate ideas in the video and reading to your classmates.
Question #14:
Suppose that you have fallen into the hands of a group of scientists in another country. They want to perform medical experiments on you that will result in your death. They justify these experiments by saying that you will help them advance science and that the research leading to your death will result in life-saving drugs that will benefit tens of thousands of people.
You protest that what they are doing is morally wrong. However, they explain that morality is relative and is only a matter of personal or social opinion. Killing for the sake of medical research is legal in their society. They ask, “Who are you to say that we are morally wrong? Each person has to judge the rightness or wrongness for him or herself. What we are doing is right for us.”
How would you convince them that what they are about to do is morally wrong?