Formal Ethics 4 - Impartiality

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We ought to be impartial because society demands this (perhaps for the sake of its own survival).

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We ought to be impartial because society demands this (perhaps for the sake of its own survival).

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We know through our actual or ideal moral intuitions that universalizability is true and that we ought to be impartial. <=> intuitionism justification

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We ought to be impartial because society demands this (perhaps for the sake of its own survival).

We ought to be impartial because society demands this (perhaps for the sake of its own survival). <=> cultural-relativism justification

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We ought to be impartial because society demands this (perhaps for the sake of its own survival).

We ought to accept universalizability and impartiality because these have a crucial social function. They make possible important kinds of moral reasoning, and they promote a neutral standpoint for settling disputes and reaching a moral consensus. These make life better for everyone. <=> utilitarianism justification

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We ought to be impartial because society demands this (perhaps for the sake of its own survival).

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

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We ought to be impartial because society demands this (perhaps for the sake of its own survival).

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

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