Formal Ethics 4 - Impartiality

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We ought to be impartial because an ideal observer would desire this.

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We ought to be impartial because an ideal observer would desire this.

Violating impartiality is inherently bad and thus ought other-things-equal to be avoided. <=> prima-facie-duty justification

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We ought to be impartial because an ideal observer would desire this.

We ought to be impartial because God desires this. <=> divine-command-theory justification

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We ought to be impartial because an ideal observer would desire this.

We ought to be impartial because an ideal observer would desire this. <=> ideal-observer-theory justification

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We ought to be impartial because an ideal observer would desire this.

Our judgments in favor of impartiality express our (actual or ideal) feelings in favor of it. <=> emotivism justification

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We ought to be impartial because an ideal observer would desire this.

We strive for impartiality because it promotes our desire to be fair toward others. <=> idealistic-desire justification

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