Ethics and Values / Unit 4 Ethics 165 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Ignorance Objection
Captions available
The idea
The ignorance objection: consequences run past every horizon, so no one can know an act's full effects before acting — or after.
In practice
A rescued swimmer may become anyone at all. If rightness waited on total foresight, no act could ever be graded, by anyone.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
Unlocks
Something wrong in this lesson? Flag it · Sources for Ethics and Values