Webinar 1

no shared values and shared interest - so even in presence of all relevant information decision making is wrong.
so we need public reasoning…. take people through reasoning.
Reasoning < Ethical Reasoning

When a community does not have shared values and shared interest, even in presence of all relevant information it is not possible to arrive at a common decision.

Hence, it is important to take people through our reasoning… Public Reasoning

Conceptual

What is good / right..
Ethics is
0. legal? - is it allowed in the constitutional framework… this can be a show stopper so important.

  1. Virtue
    virtue is what is loved by god
  2. Duty
  3. Consequence / utility / utilitarian / consequentialism
    1. expectations of the consequences… no certainty
    2. greatest good for the greatest number
  4. Dharma
    1. means to hold together - norms standards and rules to hold together
    2. swadharma
    3. paradharma - others
    4. rajadharma -

tradeoff btw different approaches .. eg: trade off btw duty and consequence

Suggested
Enlightenment Now - Steven Pinker
Spark Charts on Philosophy
Bertrand Russel - The history of western philosophy

Ability to externalise and reason

Two Dimensions

Economic basis or technical
Ethical basis
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Daniel Kahneman Amos Tversky - fast brain & slow brain
instinct.. moral intuition … it is informed and not rational

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Reflect
Education
Discussion

Eightfold Path

  1. Know thyself
    know your role
  2. frame the problem
    define it … what is included and what is not… comprehensive.. but not confusing
  3. collect all the facts from stakeholders and from previous experience
  4. list your options
  5. put them through your ethical criteria
  6. create your evidence - ethics matrix
  7. Reconcile the options.. Subjective
  8. Decide
  9. Reflect

Webinar 2

move from moral intuition to moral reasoning
expansion of moral arc - moral progress

Reflect → Update → Discuss → Reflect (Cycle)
people are more able to pick apart others logic compared to ones own.. so discussion helps.
bad a questioning our own intuition and judgement

Trolley Problem

killing; murder; letting people die intentionally;
from intuitive reasoning to reflected reasoning

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