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Subject: You've Got the Idea

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Date Posted: 17:49:30 06/25/01 Mon
In reply to: Finding the answers 's message, "Why thank you" on 21:39:30 06/22/01 Fri

"What if instead of three different people with different backgrounds, you consider like people. Maybe you have two guys that are selected as "designated driver." They both like drinking, but know they shouldn't. One completely resists temptation while the other just mostly resists, maybe having only a drink or two. They both made the decision to exert moral effort, but are the particularities of their actions also within their control?"

This is a nice example to consider as well. In this case, what each of these two people *ought* to do - that is, what would be morally praiseworthy - is not to drink. If one person resists all night but at the last second takes a drink, then basically he gave in (so failed). So should he get in an accident because he drank, then of course he can be held morally responsible. So the fact that he partially resisted won't amount to a hill of beans in the end if he kills all of his friends in an accident :)

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