tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2631035637795172582.post8548957582405518612..comments2023-01-24T10:06:57.212-08:00Comments on (Blog&~Blog): Ed Feser And The BombBenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06702722560438833244noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2631035637795172582.post-72513144291223259752010-08-30T11:23:10.077-07:002010-08-30T11:23:10.077-07:00Hey Ben,
I was just thinking about posting on thi...Hey Ben,<br /><br />I was just thinking about posting on this, but you beat me to the punch. Here's what's deeply puzzling/troubling to me. He makes it seem as if the view he defends doesn't sanction dropping the bomb. (Of course, "sanction" here means something like "doesn't rule out".) As Portmore pointed out, on Feser's view, if you could stop a nuclear disaster by telling a lie or engaging in premarital sex, you oughtn't do it. So, shouldn't the pin be a young couple not having sex with a priest giving the thumbs up superimposed over a mushroom cloud? <br /><br />Maybe he'll say that the doing/allowing distinction is important, but I don't think it's that important. And, at any rate, he can't really think this distinction does all the work. His pack of intellectual hooligans were big cheerleaders of actual wars involving actual active bombings. So, it's got to be something else that's doing the work, like the doctrine of double effect or some such thing. But, that can't carry the weight its supposed to carry. The DDE does not rule out the use of any sort of conventional or atomic bomb, per se, it rules out using them with certain intentions. If the bombers had intended to use whichever bombs they wanted with the right sort of intentions, the DDE would in principle allow you to perform acts that you know will involve just as many deaths as the bombings he's trying to pin on the consequentialists. So, maybe they should just wear pins with mushroom clouds dropped by pilots with halos representing their right intentions.Clayton Littlejohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05596200828134402805noreply@blogger.com