Prompt: answer one of the following three questions and specify in the title heading AND the file name which
question (Q1, Q2, or Q3) you have chosen to respond to:
W. D. Ross believed that the moral intuitions of a “reasonable” person were trustworthy (for the most part) and
a moral theory should account for all of them, even if the theory loses a lot of systematicity or generality.
Defend Ross’s view against an objection to it.
John Rawls believed that only some of anyone’s moral intuitions are trustworthy (e.g. those made without
conflict of interest, without emotion, and with careful consideration) and a moral theory should strike a balance
between accounting for them and being systematic and general. Defend Rawls’ method of reflective
equilibrium against an objection to it.
Peter Singer believes that most moral intuitions are untrustworthy because they are too influenced by morallyirrelevant features of our evolutionary past (highlighted by Greene) and that prioritizing the systematicity or
generality of our moral theory should help us to identify and remove our evolutionarily-distorted moral intuitions.
Defend Singer’s alternative against an objection to it.
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