class: center, middle, inverse, title-slide .title[ # Logic 2 ] .date[ ### MSA 2025 ] --- # Some arguments 1. If Utilitarianism is the correct moral theory, in the original trolley problem we should pull the switch. 2. In the original trolley problem we should pull the switch. 3. Therefore, Utilitarianism is the correct moral theory. Arguments can fail due to either: 1. Truth of the premises 2. Logical form What do you think about the argument given? Is it a good one or a bad one? --- # More arguments 1. If Utilitarianism is the correct moral theory, then it should not recommend sacrificing a healthy person to save five sick patients. 2. Utilitarianism does recommend sacrificing a healthy person to save five sick patients. 3. Therefore, Utilitarianism is not the correct moral theory. Is this a good argument? Why? --- # Some arguments 1. Either we bring all the people in the water onto the lifeboat and we all die, or we don’t save them (and some survive while others die). 2. We should not bring all the people in the water onto the lifeboat and we all die. 3. Therefore, we should not save them (and some survive while others die). 4. Therefore, we should not save them. 1. If all events are fully determined by prior physical conditions, then free will does not exist. 2. All events are fully determined by prior physical conditions. 3. Therefore, free will does not exist. Are these good arguments? Why? --- .pull-left[ 1. If Joey is in Missouri, then Joey is in the US 2. Joey is in the US. 3. Therefore, Joey is in Missouri. ] .pull-right[ 1. Joey is in Missouri. 2. If Joey is in Missouri, then Joey is in France. 3. Therefore, Joey is in France. ] Are these good arguments? Why?