philosophy paper in 2 hours (6pages).
Falah Alshammari
Kevin Lynch
Can Liu
Table 2. Categories of Interview Results
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Opinion |
A Utilitarian Approach An Aristotelian Approach |
A Kantian Approach |
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1. |
Yes because keeping guns away from certain through background checks is best for everyone |
no |
Yes because of moral duty to do this action out of respect for the law. |
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2. |
no |
Yes because banning guns would be good, but the habitual action of using guns has virtue and could be impractical. |
no |
|
3. |
no |
Yes because there is virtue is the country’s historical actions from the constitution. |
no |
|
4. |
Yes because background checks will keeps guns away from crazy people, which maximizes utility for all. |
no |
Yes because of moral duty to do this action out of respect for the law. |
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5. |
no |
Yes because there is virtue through human habit to protect themselves. |
no |
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6. |
This is utilitarian because no guns creates a better society, where people with hatred cannot use guns to take out their anger. |
no |
Yes, there is a moral duty to have gun control. |
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7. |
Yes, gun control reduces pain and maximizes pleasure. |
Yes, there is virtue in the habit of police action, which people having guns reduces. |
Yes, banning guns and gun control is a moral duty. |
|
8 |
Yes because stricter laws will increase pleasure and reduce pain. |
no |
Yes, there is moral duty to have to have better background checks out of respect for the law. |
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9. |
Yes; gun control will be best for everyone, like it is in China. |
Yes, because there is virtue in the Chinese habit of not using guns, which has been good for them |
Yes, there is moral duty to have gun control out of respect for the law. |
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10. |
Yes, this economic approach will price some crazy people out of getting guns, making more pleasure for the most people. |
no |
Yes, making bullets more expensive to a moral duty. |
· A Utilitarian Approach: Pain over pleasure. a moral action is one that maximizes utility, or happiness, for the greatest number of people.
· An Aristotelian Approach: Moral virtue primarily through habit and practice rather than through reasoning and instruction.
· A Kantian Approach: The rightness or wrongness of actions does not depend on their consequences but on whether they fulfill our duty.