RE: Ding! Dong! The bitch is dead!
April 15, 2014 at 11:40 am
(This post was last modified: April 15, 2014 at 11:52 am by Coffee Jesus.)
Utilitarian:
Celebrating the deaths of people who knowlingly did horrible things could discourage behaviors like theirs. Good.
Virtue ethics:
Celebrating a death for its own sake reflects the attitude that some people should die just because they were bad. Ambiguous, further inquiry
This attitude that you should die if you do these things may discourage (good), but some people may act upon this attitude (ambiguous). Would that action be okay?
From a utilitarian standpoint, it would be bad to take the criminal's life if his life is still enjoyable (bad), but it would be good to discourage his crimes (good). Whether punishing the criminal would be good depends on the extent of the crimes and the effectiveness of the warning. still ambiguous after inquiry
Temporary Conclusion: It is generally good to celebrate the deaths of people who do horrible things.
Celebrating the deaths of people who knowlingly did horrible things could discourage behaviors like theirs. Good.
Virtue ethics:
Celebrating a death for its own sake reflects the attitude that some people should die just because they were bad. Ambiguous, further inquiry
This attitude that you should die if you do these things may discourage (good), but some people may act upon this attitude (ambiguous). Would that action be okay?
From a utilitarian standpoint, it would be bad to take the criminal's life if his life is still enjoyable (bad), but it would be good to discourage his crimes (good). Whether punishing the criminal would be good depends on the extent of the crimes and the effectiveness of the warning. still ambiguous after inquiry
Temporary Conclusion: It is generally good to celebrate the deaths of people who do horrible things.
