this is from last year but I hadnt seen it. A pretty intense - TopicsExpress



          

this is from last year but I hadnt seen it. A pretty intense movie about the danger of texting while driving. Cars are dangerous. Our electronics-fueled attention deficit of attention is dangerous. Attention! also, its not in the movies aims to discuss the problem of moral luck, but I cant help thinking of it: There are two people driving cars, Driver A, and Driver B. They are alike in every way. Driver A is driving down a road, and, in a moment of inattention, runs a red light as a child is crossing the street. Driver A slams the brakes, swerves, in short, does everything to try to avoid hitting the child – alas, he hits and kills the child. Driver B, in the meantime, also runs a red light, but since no one is crossing, he gets a traffic ticket, but nothing more. If a bystander were asked to morally evaluate Drivers A and B, there is very good reason to expect him or her to say that Driver A is due more moral blame than Driver B. After all, his course of action resulted in a death, whereas the course of action taken by Driver B was quite uneventful. However, there are absolutely no differences in the controllable actions performed by Drivers A and B. ebooks.cambridge.org/chapter.jsf?bid=CBO9781139165860&cid=CBO9781139165860A008 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_luck
Posted on: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 10:10:02 +0000

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