Ethical and Technological Issues in Precision Marketing and Moral Philosophy

What is the technology that collects and analyzes people's data to deliver target interventions?

Precision marketing.

What is Dylan White's main claim about the Control Argument against precision marketing?

It is incorrect because this technology does not enslave us but simplifies and distorts our values.

What do White and Nguyen call the phenomenon that emphasizes explicit metrics imposing boundaries on attention and motivation?

Value capture and value collapse.

Why do Aylsworth and Castro argue that smartphone overuse is an ethical issue?

Each of us has a moral obligation to protect and cultivate our autonomy; smartphone addiction threatens this.

What does Aylsworth and Castro require for becoming digital minimalists?

I must establish intentional habits of technology use that respects and preserves rational agency.

What is Norcross's main claim in 'Puppies, Pigs, and People'?

If torturing puppies to enhance my gustatory experience of chocolate is morally impermissible, then so is purchasing and consuming factory-farmed meat.

Which attempt to differentiate Fred's puppy torturing from eating factory-farmed animals involves the Doctrine of Double Effect?

Fred intends the suffering; we merely foresee it.

Which attempt to differentiate Fred's puppy torturing from eating factory-farmed animals involves a commitment to speciesism?

Puppies count morally; factory-farm animals do not.

What is Walter Sinnott-Armstrong's main conclusion about the 'gas-guzzling joyride' case?

It is morally wrong because of the harmful consequences emissions produce.

What is John Broome's main thesis in 'Private Morality and Climate Change'?

A private individual's emissions unjustly cause harm; so, you ought to reduce your emissions and offset the rest.

What is the Rescue Principle in Peter Singer's argument in 'Famine, Affluence, and Morality'?

If it is in our power to prevent something bad from happening, without thereby sacrificing anything else morally significant, then we ought, morally.

What is Woollard's objection to Singer's Rescue Principle?

The principle is too demanding: We cannot expect people to comply.