Moral luck
is something that is out of one’s control and changes how things happen. It
also describes that there is no reason to praise or blame a person because it
was just chance that things happened the way that they did.
A personal
experience that I have with moral luck is asthma. I was diagnosed with it at
age three. It is just moral luck that I have it. There are no reasons that lead
to my asthma. I am not responsible for my asthma but I have to deal with the
consequences with have asthma. It is something that is out of my control and is
not serious ethical problem. Yes it was out of my control but there is nothing
that can be done about it. I just have
to deal with the consequences even though they are unfair.
Moral luck
is not a serious ethical problem because as humans we have adapted to it and
its outcomes. It is something that is just dealt with. Things may happen that
were out of your control and you are held responsible. We have come to accept
that it is a problem but we also accept the consequences. For an example of
this parents are responsible for the actions of the child. When the child
damages something the parents ware called and are held responsible to pay for
replacing it. It may not seem fair that the child damaged something but the
parents have to pay for it. In our society we have come to adapt to this response
and the parents have to pay for it. The parents in this case might also punish
the child but ultimately the parents are held responsible. If the situation was
different and the child had won a spelling bee the parents would be
congratulated for this action, which was not in their control.
Moral luck
may be something that is out of your control and you may be responsible for the
outcome. If the outcome is good or bad you are held responsible. Moral luck may
be somewhat of an ethical problem but it has been accepted. It may be unfair in
some situations but there is no use arguing it just has to be dealt with.
Amanda,
ReplyDeleteIt is my job to comment on the post that preceeds mine, and I must point out some type of flaw. Unfortuately I cannot find not a single flaw with your argument nor can I find any false claims. I only seen three grammatical errors, but we are not being graded on that. I agree with your post all the way.
I am confused. I thought your post [pre]ceded mine. But anyway.
ReplyDeleteWell elaborated body. But I feel as if this example is a little ambiguous, we can go deeper and touch the subject of genetics. I believe asthma is hereditary. And if we dig deeper, we can make even more controversial arguments regarding kinship.
As for your conclusion. I don't see you taking a big stance into either one of the arguments. But you come up with a kind of compromise between the stances.