Have any philosophers offered an account for how best to morally judge committers of unprecedented acts?
Have any philosophers offered an account for how best to morally judge committers of unprecedented acts? I’m wondering if any philosophers have tried to sort out what t the best way to judge “firsts” as good or bad. Children will sometimes contend that if your first your the best by default as expressed in such statements as “George Washington was the best president of America because he was the first.” Steve Jobs and Bill Gates have gained much i...