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Show Chapter X. The Criterion of Inclusiveness 414 Rationalism and Classical Utilitarianism permit the devaluation of a victim's claim to aid or restitution when this threatens a bully system's stability and personal attachments, thus violating (4). Only some variant on a Kantian theory seems able to resolve satisfactorily the initial dilemma of moral interpretation with which this discussion began, because only a Kantian-type theory unambiguously includes all the data of Washington's predicament within the moral domain, and respects fully their importance once there. That Washington's interpretation of Vogeler's behavior as harassment is accurate has been clear from the outset. That Washington's interpretation presupposes a Kantian-type moral theory that satisfies these criteria of inclusiveness, whereas Smith's interpretation does not, may help explain why Washington is not just "seeing things," as Smith maintains, but rather is seeing things considerably more clearly than he. © Adrian Piper Research Archive Foundation Berlin |
