PHI 107 WEEK 1 DISCUSSION
As we begin to study about Ethics, I'm reminded about the puzzling character of morality from the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. In the novel Huck faces a decision, whether to help his friend Jim escape from slavery or whether to assist in returning this runaway slave to his owner. Huck sees this as a choice between wickedness and morality and he decides to choose wickedness, in this instance and in general. He will save his friend and in general do what he wants rather than try to follow conscience, the voice within that tells him what is morally right. (Huck seems to be a cognitivist and to adopt the b rather than the a position on moral motivation.) You might applaud Huck's choice to help his friend but may be uneasy about the choice to pay no heed to conscience. For your discussion post, let me know some of your thoughts about the choice that Huck made.
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