PHL120 - Introduction to Philosophical Reasoning Assignment

Assignment Task

Questions

1. A thought experiment involving a scientist is used to show that epistemic responsibility is required for rational beliefs. Conee and Feldman respond by comparing the scientist to lay-people to show that epistemic responsibility is not necessary. Summarize the objection, and Conee and Feldman's response. Is their analogy strong or weak? Why or why not?

2. What is the Millian test? Why is this test important for Mill's defense of utilitarianism? How would Kant respond to this argument?

3. Eric Lee thinks that the standard solution should be rejected on the grounds that it makes people worse off. Summarize his argument for this claim? Trisha Phillips thinks that researchers must pay their research participants either a fair wage or no wage at all depending on the study's risk level. Summarize the argument for this claim? Do you think Eric Lee would agree with Trisha Phillip's conclusion? Why or why not?

4. In John Stuart Mill's On Liberty , he claims that “if it is wrong, they lose a benefit that is almost as great, namely the clearer perception and livelier impression of truth that would come from its collision with error” (11). What does this quote mean? How would Chris Bousquet respond to this claim? Which view do you prefer and why?

5. Galen Strawson and Susan Wolf have different ideas about the kind of freedom that is required for moral responsibility. What are those differences? How do their different conceptions of freedom fit with their argument regarding moral responsibility? Which view do you prefer and why?

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