Question

What is Bernard William's Gauguin case (in his "Moral Luck") supposed to show?

a. Gauguin's moral status is not subject to luck

b. Only the success of Gauguin's artistic project can silence the complaints of his family

c. The capacity of moral agency is present to any rational agent

d. Only the success of Gauguin's artistic project can possibly provide some justification for his decision of taking it up

e. It is a matter of constitutive lick that one becomes a sage

Answer 1

Bernard William’s Gauguin’s case is supposed to show that only the success of Gauguin’s Project can possibly prove some justification for his decision of leaving his family behind. Gauguin left his family behind to be a better artist and a painter. He thought that leaving his family behind would help him be a better painter. However, Bernard William thinks that his decision of leaving them behind will morally and rationally justified depending on the success of his project.

Thus, the correct answer is option, D.