Can the right action ever clash/conflict with another right action?
Suppose you’re obliged to do two different things, but you cannot do both. In this case, it would seem that in choosing to do one of the actions, I am doing wrong with respect to the other. Two examples: 1. Walk to terminally ill friend in hospital (you’ve promised to do this) Help other person on the way? One commits a wrong by choosing either action. 2. Tragedy writers – moral conflict is a real conflict. Sophocles’ Antigone. If she obeys the laws of the state, she cannot bury her brother; but if she buries her brother, she disobeys the state. Rationalist philosophers would say that in the end, one is really the right thing to do, and that these conflicts are prima facie. No matter how similar two actions seem, there is some distinction that is relevant. Suppose twins are drowning at opposite ends of a pool. Whom do you save? C. Moral Luck: Is luck morally relevant: Can we be held morally responsible for fortuitous circumstances? Two examples: 1. Two drunk truck drivers (identical tw
