Kaotic ... the interchanging of the terms is simply an exercize I use when discussing topics with those aethist types who can't get past the religous aspects of Morality.

In my experience, inserting the term Ethics instead moves the discussion past their fixation, that is all.

"Moral Luck" was a philisophical idea put forth by Bernard Williams.

The "luck" part of this scenario it is about the fact the action was the same but through factors outside of the control of the driver (i.e. a pedestrian crossing), the outcome was different. Some people would view both the driver & pedestrian as "unlucky" in this situation, or "at the wrong place at the wrong time".

The scenario paints the penalties in such an extreme way to illustrate the "Moral" aspect of the concept.

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