Moral
Luck can be defined as a person receiving honor or blame for an action that was
out of the person’s control. We may not realize it but we have all encountered
times where the outcome of a certain circumstance was affected due to something
we could not control. My freshman year of high school when I was on the swim
team I had to compete in a race to see who would advance from state trials to
finals. I was up against a kid who just around the same time as I was for the
event so I knew that I had to give it my all to win. We raced and I won. I was
praised by my teammates for winning the race but come to find out that reason I
won was because the other kid’s goggles filled out with water and was unable to
race as fast as usual.
I do not
believe that moral luck is huge ethical issue because we can not control
external forces around us. We only have control over the thing we do and
anybody or anything else. Therefore we should not feel guilty when a victory is
brought about because of something we can not handle. Our intentions are still
the same, we still want to win the race or do a good deed but it just happens
in a different way than we expect it to.
The discussion of moral luck was well defined. Also the person example that was used showed moral luck well because the end result was out of your control. The thing that I would work on would be the argument as to why moral luck is not an ethical issue. It is clear that you believe that it is not an ethical issue but more examples to back up your position would help your argument.
ReplyDeleteI like your example from swimming. It was a very good portrayal of luck, even if it wasn't "moral" luck. However, I think you give more support to your stance on whether or not it's a serious ethical issue.
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