Pojman's Ten Principles
Pojman proposes ten objective moral principles, principles universally
rationally binding on people.
- It is morally wrong to torture people for the fun of it.
- Do not kill innocent people.
- Do not cause pain or suffering except when a higher duty
prescribes it.
- Do not commit rape.
- Keep your promises and contracts.
- Do not deprive another person of his or her freedom.
- Do justice, treating equals equally and unequals unequally.
- Tell the truth.
- Help other people.
- Obey just laws.
These are (according to Pojman) prima
facie principles, which constitute a "core morality." (IP3
497b)
Richard Lee,
rlee@uark.edu,
last modified: 19 September 2004