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Moral Blindness And Moral Progress, Matthew Pianalto
Moral Blindness And Moral Progress, Matthew Pianalto
Matthew Pianalto
We often speak of a person's being blind to the truth (or the obvious) and being blinded by love (and similarly by hate). The aim of this paper is to make sense of this seemingly metaphorical notion of blindness as it relates to moral judgment, and to show that there is an intelligible sense in which we can be "morally blind." The sexual harassment case depicted in the film 'North Country' provides a vivid illustration of moral blindness. Corrections of this blindness amount to true moral progress, rather than mere shifts in our moral standards.
Moral Conflict And The Indeterminacy Of Morality, Matthew Pianalto
Moral Conflict And The Indeterminacy Of Morality, Matthew Pianalto
Matthew Pianalto
Cases of moral conflict often occupy a central role in arguments against claims that moral judgments admit truth. In this paper, I argue that the employment of moral conflicts against the truth-susceptibility of moral judgments rests upon a false conception of the determinacy of morality.