Question
Description acceptable. Frances Kamm writes that we do not succeed in giving “equal treatment of all concern” if an individual’s preference will make no difference to our decision in her “Balancing Argument” for this claim. For 10 points each:
[10h] Describe this claim. This claim is no different than an analogue involving persons with IQs over 120 according to a John Taurek paper which argues against it.
ANSWER: we are morally obligated to save the greater number of people [accept descriptions of similar; accept “the numbers should count” or similar; accept “we ought to save the five”; accept “we should divert the trolley in the trolley problem” or similar; prompt on utilitarianism; prompt on consequentialism]
[10e] This thinker claims that the principle of “each counts for one” requires us to save the many. This thinker used the “teletransporter” thought experiment in his book Reasons and Persons.
ANSWER: Derek Parfit
[10m] Parfit’s principle of “each counts for one” may have been inspired by this thinker’s principle of “pure equality.” A book by this thinker contrasts intuitionism, utilitarianism, and egoism.
ANSWER: Henry Sidgwick (That book is The Methods of Ethics.)
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Summary
| 2024 ARGOS @ Brandeis | 03/22/2025 | Y | 2 | 5.00 | 50% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Chicago | 11/23/2024 | Y | 6 | 10.00 | 83% | 17% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College | 12/14/2024 | Y | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Columbia | 11/23/2024 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Stanford | 02/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 23.33 | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 2024 ARGOS Online | 03/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Data
| I wish it were possible to freeze time so I would never have to watch you retire | throw away your cards, rally in the streets | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| CLEVELAND, THIS IS FOR YOU! | Thompson et al. | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| UBC | Aw we're so sorry to hear that maman died today, she gets five big booms | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |