The topic of the paper is the Throwing the Fat Man off the Bridge example. In particular, you will
1. Explain the example (with all the morally relevant details);
2. State and explain the moral dilemma posed by the example (making sure to include all of the
morally relevant details of the example;
3. Explain the two positions that could be adopted to solve the dilemma; pointing out which
position would be defended by a supporter of Kant’s Categorical Imperative;
4. State the argument supporting the position that the right thing to do is not to throw the fat
man off the bridge or that it is wrong to throw the fat man off the bridge (the one that we
discussed in class – If there is no reconstruction of the argument in standard form, numbered
premises and conclusion, the argument has not been stated);
5. Explain why this argument appears to be valid and sound; and
6. Explain how a supporter of Kant’s Categorical Imperative would defend the claim that this is a good argument (using the terms and techniques of moral reasoning we learned in class). This
explanation must include
a. an explanation of the concepts on which the Categorical Imperative is based,
including
i. the relationships between morality and imperatives
ii. the good will, i.e., the only thing that is good in itself and the distinction
between hypothetical and categorical imperative,
iii. the relationship between the morality of actions and maxims,
iv. willing that a maxim be a universal law, and
v. Kant’s Categorical Imperative, i.e., his criterion or fundamental principle of
Morality, including an example to show that it works. and
b. and explanation of how someone who accepts this theory would defend the
soundness of the argument (using the theory).
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