I think that every decision should be made logically and well thought out. Bad luck is more attainable then good luck in our world. Wrong place at the wrong time scenarios do exist and do happen day to day. Bad luck is something that can't be planned. One summer my grandmas was in the back yard working on her flowers. She pulled on a certain plant trying to lift it's roots up. As she proceeded she pulled up a bees nest and bees surrounding her stinging her well over 20 times! Luckily she was taken to the hospital on time and ended up healing fine. Moral of the story was that she placed herself into a scenario that she had no idea what the outcome would be. If she had known there was a bee next her destination would have been completely different.
Monday, March 18, 2013
Moral Luck
Moral luck is something that is hard to define. Is moral luck fantasy or a construction of reality? Moral luck is centered around ones culture and the society around them. I believe that the circumstances you are in CAN be changed even if the end result is social isolation. I understand sometimes you are in such dire conditions where what seems right because it was explained to be right but I'd like to think that a human being would feel inhumane about doing certain wrong acts like harming another human being for reasons that aren't logical. During the holocaust Nazi soldiers did what they thought were right and some who didn't think what they were doing was right would be shot or even worse. Then there were soldiers who fell in love with Jewish woman and had to hide their acts so they could fit into their society. This shows that even though many Nazi soldiers hurt and killed innocent people their were people who saw through the crap at the time and knew that Hitler was spewing hatred. I think its all about making the most of what situation you are in, creating your own moral luck and doing something where you know chances are high for success.
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A good post, and the story about your grandma and the bees nest was a good example to illustrate moral luck. The weakness I would point out is that I couldn't really find a definition of moral luck. I wouldn't say that it's too hard to define, especially when we're just briefly defining it. But all in all a good post.
ReplyDeleteThe first flaw I would like to point out is the font size of the blog. It might be hard for others to read,but once you fix that your blog font size it maybe better to understand and read for those who struggle to read the small font. Other than that like your blog and how you illustrated moral luck.
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