Conclusion: The fundamental moral
principle needs clarification about what is permissible.
EP1: The fundamental moral principle contains
the concept of moral permissibility. (153)
EP 1a. These concepts
of moral permissibility go against moral thought. (153)
IP 1. Some actions may be morally permissible and others are
morally impermissible.
EP 2. Actions
that do not respect some human being as a rational creature should not be
permissible. (153)
IP 2. Human beings should be shown respect by being
treated as rational creatures.
EP 3. Not to
respect every human being, including every individual and oneself, as a
rational creature is impermissible. (154)
EP 4. Respect
for persons as rational creatures can be defined in specificatory premises.
EP 5. An action of the kind K is always
permissible (154)
EP 5a. Actions that succeed in respecting any
human being as a rational creature are not impermissible. (154)
EP 5b. Actions of the kind K are successful in
respecting any human being as a rational creature. (154)
EP 6. Actions of the kind K are never
permissible. (154)
EP
6a. All actions of the kind K are
unsuccessful in respecting some human being as a rational creature. (155)
EP 7. If an action of the kind K can be performed, it is never
morally permissible not to perform the action. (154)
EP
7a. Therefore when an action of the kind K can be performed, not performing the
action disrespects some human being as a rational creature. (155)
EP 8. Therefore, direct analysis should not be used to form
specificatory premises because a certain kind of action may fall under a
certain concept most the time and fall under a different concept the rest of
the time. (156)
IP 3. If an action is impermissible given
one situation, it may be permissible given a different situation.
IP 4. Similarly, if an action is
permissible given one situation, the action may be impermissible given an
alternative situation.
IP 5. All humans have the same ideas
about which situation an action is permissible or impermissible in.
EP 9. A natural approach demonstrates it is impermissible to carry
out certain actions at will and permissible to perform the action in other
scenarios. (156)
EP 10. There are various circumstances during which an action is
considered impermissible if done by will and permissible if not. (158)
