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9 Cards in this Set
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Consequentialism |
an action x is right if doing x has the best consequences |
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two interpretations of "best consequences" |
1. Epicurus: minimizing pain 2. Mill: maximizing pleasure |
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Utilitarianism (Mill) |
1. Consequentialism: x is right if doing x has the best consequences 2. Greatest Happiness Principle: best consequences = most total happiness (maxi-total) |
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The point |
utilitarianism fits many of our moral intuitions about degrees of right/wrong actions |
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impartiality |
everyone's happiness counts equally |
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Differences in pleasures |
1. differences in quantity (more or less) 2. differences in quality (a different kind of pleasure) |
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The Pig Objection |
Mill makes pleasures of the senses morally good |
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Mill's Reply |
there are higher and lower pleasures, and no amount of lower (sensual) pleasures are as good as a higher pleasures |
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The Justice Objection |
Utilitarianism says they should execute her justice requires that they do not execute her(she’s innocent!) so Utilitarianism is inconsistent with justice |
