Q: 24. It has been claimed that an action is morally good only if it benefits another person and was performed with that intention; whereas an action that harms another person is morally bad either if such harm was intended or if reasonable forethought would have shown that the action was likely to cause harm.
Which one of the following judgments most closely confirms to the principle cited above? (A) Pamela wrote a letter attempting to cause trouble between Edward and his friends; this action of Pamela’s was morally bad, even though the letter, in fact, had an effect directly opposite from the one intended. (B) In order to secure a promotion, Jeffery devoted his own time to resolving a backlog of medical benefits claims; Jeffrey’s action was morally good since it alone enabled Sara’s claim to be processed in time for her to receive much-needed treatment. (C) Intending to help her elderly neighbor by clearing his walkway after a snowstorm, Teresa inadvertently left ice on his steps; because of this exposed ice, her neighbor had a bad fall, thus showing that morally good actions can have bad consequences. (D) Marilees, asked by a homeless man for food, gave the man her own sandwich; however, because the man tried to talk while he was eating the sandwich, it caused him to choke, and thus Marilees unintentionally performed a morally bad action. (E) Jonathan agreed to watch his three-year-old niece while she played but, becoming engrossed in conversion, did not see her run into the street where she was hit by a bicycle; even though he intended no harm, Jonathan’s action was morally bad. ------------------------------------------------------------- 答案E, why A is wrong? Thanks. 作者: snow_mountain 时间: 2004-1-8 15:42
whereas an action that harms another person is 。。。 A中说的事没有harm others. MM读题要仔细。作者: wujie_ren 时间: 2004-1-9 11:23
Thanks bryony, Is that mean "whereas an action that harms another person is morally bad ", it doesn't matter whether such harm was intended or reasonable forethought would have shown that the action was likely to cause harm. Only the result speaks.
Because E, jonathan has no intended to harm, or forethought the harm.
by the way, your strawberry is so lovely.作者: carina 时间: 2004-1-9 12:19
可不可以这样认为这道题：morally good的行为必须其意图也得是好的，所以意图不好的行为即使结果是好的，也不能称为morally good。所以a不对。（其实我也选a，呵呵） 而morally bad的行为，意图不好不用说了一定bad，即使没有不好的意图但只要reasonable forethought 可以发现它不好也是morally bad,所以e中，jonathan没有好好照看孩子而只顾着说话，即使她不是故意的，可她的不专心却可以reasonable 的推出不好的后果。 个人意见，请多指教。作者: wujie_ren 时间: 2004-1-9 12:26
Thanks, i am not runing fast enough too.
