Formal Ethics 4 - Impartiality

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"If in one situation you do A and then in a relevantly similar situation you don't do A, then one time or the other you acted wrongly"

{ 1 }

{ 2 }

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1 is wrong. Please try again.

"If in one situation you do A and then in a relevantly similar situation you don't do A, then one time or the other you acted wrongly"

{ 1 } - is a theorem following from universalizability.

{ 2 }

This is a nontheorem. You might have a Coke, and then later in a similar situation have a Pepsi. You needn't have acted wrongly in either case; both acts may be morally neutral.

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2 is correct!

"If in one situation you do A and then in a relevantly similar situation you don't do A, then one time or the other you acted wrongly"

{ 1 }

This is a nontheorem. You might have a Coke, and then later in a similar situation have a Pepsi. You needn't have acted wrongly in either case; both acts may be morally neutral.

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