vicarious moral responsibility
On Mar 7, 9:32*pm, George Plimpton > wrote:
> "glen" or "mark" or "little cocksucker" - the friend of Lesley Simon,
> the Whore of Ballaghaderreen, County Roscommon - has it. *He shares
> moral responsibility for the animal CDs caused in order to put food on
> his plate. *This cannot be rationally disputed.
>
> His relationship with the hands-on killers of animals has these elements:
>
> * the relationship is voluntary - no coercion applied to the principal
>
> * the principal is an active participant, i.e., actively engages in
> * *the relationship such as, for example, going to the grocery
>
> * the principal is fully aware of the agent's actions
>
> * the relationship is not instrumentally necessary for the principal to
> * *achieve a legitimate goal, e.g. the acquisition of food
>
If I am to remain employed at the University of Münster, I do need to
buy the products of commercial agriculture in order to obtain food. I
really don't think there's any way around that. So presumably you
would claim that remaining employed at the University of Münster is
not a "legitimate goal".
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