Can it ever be rational to do something that will make your own Can it ever be rational to do something that will make your own life worse?If you answer No to this question, how would you answer the objection that you are selfish?Image transcription textStandard Action-Based Ethics: TheCorrespondence Thesis The standardaction-based view acknow Show more Show moreImage transcription text3. Instrumental value thesis. The moral virtues have no intrinsicvalue but do have instrumental and derivative value. Agents whohave the virtues are more likely to do the right acts (t Show more Show moreImage transcription texttelling the truth, in general, is a moral duty. Likewise,conscientiousness is a vir- tue because we have a generalduty to be morally sensitive. There is a correspo Show more Show moreImage transcription textHurallstic {Complementarity} Ethics Thevirtuebased ethicist will not be satis?ed with thestandard actionbased view and its Show more Show moreImage transcription textSecond, the thesis fails to point out that we have moral obligationsto he certain kinds of peoplethat is, to have the requisitedispositions and attitudes for their own sake. It speci?e Show more Show more Arts & HumanitiesPhilosophy PHIL 108
