Unconscious violinists and the use of analogies in moral argument

Wiland, Eric

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“…They shed new light on old problems, they reveal the importance of aspects of situations that otherwise remain hidden or obscure, and they have the power to change one's view of the world. It is true that students of moral philosophy learn primarily the structure and texture of prominent moral theories, but the one thing students are trained to do is to generate analogies and examples designed to illustrate and test the moral theories they've learned [Wiland 2000, 466].…”

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“…I had not realized that this is like that .” This capacity is especially significant in highly controversial, culture‐war type cases. All too often, these culture‐war debates are “clouded by self‐interest, inertia, a lack of empathy, defensiveness, and caricature” (Wiland 2000, 466). Fortunately, analogies can dispel these clouds.…”

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“…Critics can enter into Thompson's argument and, by modifying details of the story, highlight factors of special relevance that may alter her conclusion. For example, one critic accepts Thompson's basic framework but reworks the story to be about conjoined twins (Wiland 2000). This process of reformulating the debate is how the best analogies function.…”

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GENTILES AND HOMOSEXUALS: A Brief History of an Analogy

Perry

2010

Journal of Religious Ethics

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This paper examines the argument that moral approval of homosexuality is analogous to the early church's inclusion of gentiles. The analogy has a long but often overlooked history, dating back to the start of the modern gay-rights movement. It has recently gained greater prominence because of its importance to the Episcopal Church's debate with the wider Anglican Communion. Beginning with the Episcopal Church argument, we see that there are five specific areas most in need of further clarification. In this essay I examine significant uses of the analogy from the prior 25 years to see how effectively they address these five areas. I conclude that the conversation surrounding the Gentile Analogy is the current, best hope for mutual understanding among Christians about homosexuality. However, if the analogy is to advance the Christian conversation, much greater care and precision is needed in its application from traditionalists and revisionists alike.

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GENTILES AND HOMOSEXUALS: A Brief History of an Analogy

Perry

2010

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“…1 In it Eric Wiland seeks both to contribute to the ongoing debate concerning the moral status of abortion, and also to raise awareness of the significance of analogy in moral argument. My concern in the present article will be primarily guided by this second aspect, although I hope that implications that are more directly relevant to the moral status of abortion will stem from these considerations.…”

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Analogy in moral deliberation: the role of imagination and theory in ethics

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2002

J Med Ethics

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26:466-8, where he aims to contribute to the debate concerning the moral status of abortion, and to emphasise the importance of analogies in moral argument. In the present paper I try to secure more firmly a novel understanding of why analogy is an essential component in the attempt to justify moral beliefs. I seek to show how analogical argument both encapsulates and exercises the notions of rationality and imagination and that the construction, development, and comparison of analogies fundamentally underpins ethical argument. In so doing, it enables us to adopt imaginative and ethically illuminating perspectives but in a manner that does not relinquish any claims to intellectual rigour. I present a critique of a brand of "moral particularism" by showing how it cannot, if construed in a certain way, adequately conceive of how we use analogies and imaginary cases in ethics. Although such a particularism is thus impotent with regard to ethical debate, I show that the wider motivation behind particularism that can be extracted is of clear relevance and importance to medical practitioners.

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“…Um fator complicador é que a visão que as pessoas têm sobre assuntos morais tão complexos como o aborto geralmente é -embaçada‖ por interesses próprios, inércia, falta de empatia, ideias defensivas e caricaturais (WILAND, 2000). No sentido de dissipar preconceitos e esclarecer, filósofos, educadores e cientistas fazem um importante trabalho ao discutir a questão.…”

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Unconscious violinists and the use of analogies in moral argument

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Cited by 7 publications

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GENTILES AND HOMOSEXUALS: A Brief History of an Analogy

GENTILES AND HOMOSEXUALS: A Brief History of an Analogy

Analogy in moral deliberation: the role of imagination and theory in ethics

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