Summary of Scott Hershovitz's Nasty, Brutish, and Short

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#1 I love drawing a bath for my kids. It’s the only time I get to be alone, and I can’t wait. But when my kids are tired, their kinetic energy increases and their self-control self-destructs.

#2 Rights are not physical possessions, but rather normative protections generated by the norms of good behavior. Someone who is trying to act well would not take Tigey without your permission, but not everyone tries to act well.

#3 Rights are relationships. They are claims that someone has on something else. They can be good against multiple people, or good against everyone. They are not inside you, but they are not outside of you either.

#4 When you have a right, someone else has an obligation. Rights are relationships, and two people are part of every right: the right holder and the obligation bearer. Rights and responsibilities travel together. They are the same relationship described from different sides.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Aug 6, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822582088

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Insights on Scott Hershovitz's Nasty, Brutish, and Short

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I love drawing a bath for my kids. It’s the only time I get to be alone, and I can’t wait. But when my kids are tired, their kinetic energy increases and their self-control self-destructs.

#2

Rights are not physical possessions, but rather normative protections generated by the norms of good behavior. Someone who is trying to act well would not take Tigey without your permission, but not everyone tries to act well.

#3

Rights are relationships. They are claims that someone has on something else. They can be good against multiple people, or good against everyone. They are not inside you, but they are not outside of you either.

#4

When you have a right, someone else has an obligation. Rights are relationships, and two people are part of every right: the right holder and the obligation bearer. Rights and responsibilities travel together. They are the same relationship described from different sides.

#5

The Trolley Problem is a famous puzzle that asks whether it is morally acceptable to push a fat man off a bridge to save five workers, when it is known that he will die if he lands on the tracks. Most people say it isn’t acceptable to kill the man.

#6

The Trolley Problem requires us to rethink what we said about Transplant. We said that it was wrong to kill the patient, on account of his right to life. But the single worker on the track also has a right to life, and most people are comfortable killing him in Bystander at the Switch.

#7

The Trolley Problem is a classic example of moral philosophy. It involves a