W.D. Ross, the Prima Facie Duties - Philosophy Core Concepts

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This is a video in my new Core Concepts series -- designed to provide students and lifelong learners a brief discussion focused on one main concept from a classic philosophical text and thinker.
This Core Concept video provides a set of examples meant to help viewers understand ch. 2 of W.D. Ross' The Right and the Good. In this video, we focus on Ross' list of seven prima facie duties, examining what they are, how they arise, and how they differ from each other.
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Комментарии : 38

@ErykBahla 3 года назад

They way that you teach this material is unlike anything I have experienced so far at the University of Arkansas. I seriously love the engagement and relatability that you create in your classroom. I haven't been able to grasp the concepts that my last two philosophy professors have been pushing without external aid constantly because they can't do what you do. Thank you for all of these videos, it makes it so much easier for non-philosophy majors to understand.

@GregoryBSadler 3 года назад

I'm sorry to read that you're not getting that engagement where you're going

@lambdog76 11 лет назад

I am always impressed with your student's engagement.

@IzzyWoo94 10 лет назад

I'm revising for my moral philosophy and this has made me really think much more about Ross' theories. An excellent video that really helped me understand things more clearly. Thanks so much!

@GregoryBSadler 10 лет назад

Next week, I'll be releasing some additional Core Concept videos on the 5 prima facie duties I didn't get to previously -- there's Core Concept videos specifically on Fidelity and Reparation

@GregoryBSadler 11 лет назад

Good to know. Glad it helped

@BrandonSnyder182 11 лет назад

helpful for my exam tomorrow, thanks!

@amandafusca967 3 года назад

You are a phenomenal professor! I wish my philosophy profs were more like this!

@GregoryBSadler 3 года назад

Glad you enjoy the videos

@GregoryBSadler 10 лет назад

You're welcome

@alissat232 10 лет назад

Thank you so much! You're definitely helping me with my exam! My philosophy teacher doesn't teach very well.

@GregoryBSadler 10 лет назад

Glad the video was helpful for you. Yes, there's unfortunately quite a few philosophy profs whose teaching needs a bit of work. . . .

@GregoryBSadler 11 лет назад

new Core Concept video, continuing discussions of Ross

@shanelenton9966 10 лет назад

No way....thats an actual blackboard with actual chalk. It's been awhile haha. Very helpful video, I really appreciate people like you who take the time to extend their knowledge beyond their class rooms.

@GregoryBSadler 10 лет назад

Yes, most of my videos use chalkboards. Whiteboards aren't quite so nice.

@MrMarktrumble 9 лет назад

I have a duty to myself to become as wise and prudent as I can, and as physically strong and competent as I can. This is the source of my human dignity. To become integrated and balanced is not a state that is achieved once, it takes effort and habit as a lifelong goal. at 9:27, Wow, I came to this conclusion by myself, in a sort assertive and reactionary way to the challenges that would seem to deny this. A philosophy degree was the best thing I did with my life. I sought the best of all things: wisdom. It gave me a an evalutory framework and a reason to trust my own judgement. It gave me a life long project that made a continuity through many painful and challenging episodes in my life, literally, it gave me a reason for living. While on some days, I may slip into the more cranky of philosophers, I am convinced that the contemplative life is the end of life, ( either as dialectic, or perhaps theosis of sorts...). Employment and education is the means to this. The end of life is to be...wise.

@GregoryBSadler 9 лет назад

Mark Trumble Ross would put it in terms of a duty to improve oneself in terms of intelligence/knowledge and in terms of virtue. It's not a duty that tends to trump all the rest of them, though. . .

@julezxz 4 года назад

Thank you

@GregoryBSadler 4 года назад

You're welcome

@piazziolbers8984 9 лет назад

"If you make a promise, you ought to keep it.'' -- Well, not exactly. The whole problem of a prima facie duty is that it is not a duty, or an actual duty, but rather something related to duty, as Ross says. So, in making a promise, you ought to keep it unless there is an overriding duty whereby you would be morally justified in breaking the promise.

@GregoryBSadler 9 лет назад

Yep. This is where Ross expresses himself in a way that's not particularly helpful, and not entirely consistent either. One indeed ought to -- in general -- keep promises. Another overriding duty that justifies not keeping it involves another "ought"

@eviljesterstudios 10 лет назад

Where do you teach?

@carlashworth2904 3 года назад

Helped out a lot, thanks! The textbook didn't go into detail about these concepts

@GregoryBSadler 3 года назад

Glad it was useful

@carlashworth2904 3 года назад

@@GregoryBSadler I have a question that I thought you might be able to answer. Essentially, Ross believes, unlike Kant, that actions are not always right and always wrong. He believes that we have set prima facie duties which we see as moral; however, the competitive moral urgency of another sudden action could override the morality of our prima facie duties. In certain cases, such as if we agreed to meet a friend but saw someone dying on the road, it would be immoral not to help the person on the side of the road, even though helping the person on the side of the road goes against our prima facie duty of fidelity. Is this correct?

@GregoryBSadler 3 года назад

@@carlashworth2904 Sort of. You still have the prima facie duty of fidelity. It hasn't gone away, and you might now have a duty of reparation (though in this case a mere "sorry" and explanation might be sufficient)

@kneehockeyparker9825 2 года назад

Do you have any lectures on the strengths and weaknesses of Ross's theory?

@GregoryBSadler 2 года назад

What you see is what you get

@eogh 6 лет назад

This seems like an interesting ethical system. It allows pleasure to oneself but is still a Deontology type ethical system. It is kind of making me change my hedonistic consequence type ethics.

@eogh 6 лет назад

Well at least reconsider it

@eogh 6 лет назад

Also it allows for Virtue by self improvement duty and isn't as rigid as Kant when it comes to some duties. Is there any other thinkers similar to this? Currently reading The Right and the Good.

@GregoryBSadler 6 лет назад

There's others who develop intuitionist-style ethics, Robert Audi for example

@sofielarssen6658 4 года назад

What does Ross mean by “prima facie duties,” and how do these differ from “duty proper”? How does he think we should use our knowledge of prima facie duties to determine what our duty is in a particular situation?

@GregoryBSadler 4 года назад

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@sofielarssen6658 4 года назад

@@GregoryBSadler Thank you :)

@GregoryBSadler 10 лет назад

part time at Marist College

@GregoryBSadler 11 лет назад

Well, they are more willing to take a stab at things some days more than others. . .