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Is there a moral obligation to respect disagreed analysis?

I wish to perform some action which invites material risk upon myself and another person P, as well as inviting benefits. My personal evaluation is that the benefits far outweigh the risk, but the risk is both speculative and partially subjective so I decided to consult P before taking the...

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Is there a moral obligation to respect disagreed analysis?

I wish to perform some action which invites material risk upon myself and another person P, as well as inviting benefits. My personal evaluation is that the benefits far outweigh the risk, but the risk is both speculative and partially subjective so I decided to consult P before taking the...

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Is there a moral obligation to respect disagreed analysis?

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I wish to perform some action which invites material risk upon myself and another person P, as well as inviting benefits. My personal evaluation is that the benefits far outweigh the risk, but the risk is both speculative and partially subjective so I decided to consult P before taking the action.

  P was vigorously opposed to the action and gave his reasoning, a list of factors that he claims suggests the risk is much higher and the benefits much lower. Some of the factors given were of the inherently subjective variety, such as feeling proud of the current status quo.

Afterwards, I sat and thought about these factors and still reached my initial conclusion... (read more)

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