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the central claim of consequentialism is |
acts are morally right because they maximize the amount of goodness in the world |
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the relationship between utilitarianism and consequentialism |
Utilitarianism are consequentialism who believe the only thing that is intrinsically good is the well being of conscious creatures. |
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The principal of utility states |
an action is morally required just because it does more to improve overall well-being than any other action you could do. |
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Know where most utilitarians stand with respect to the question: "Should we use the actual results of an action or its intended result to judge whether the action was right or wrong?" |
Most utilitarians claim -intentions are good or bad based on whether they are reasonably expected to yield good results. |
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Understand the sense in which the principle of utility could be said to be impartial. |
Everyone's interest counts equally. |
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What does it mean for an action or policy to be optimific? |
That action or policy brings more happiness or the greatest net balance of happiness. |
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Understand why some critics have thought that the lack of a method for measuring well-being causes a problem for utilitarianism. |
People will take long to measure happiness or well-being. |
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Define Decision procedure |
a method that allows us to reliably make the right decisions about what to do. |
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Define Standard of rightness |
tells us the conditions under which actions are morally right. |
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What do utilitarians think of the decision procedure and standard of rightness? |
utilitarians use this distinction between a standard of rightness and a decision procedure to respond to the objection that utilitarianism would require us to spend our time making complicated calculations about the results of different choices. |
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what does it mean for an action to be supererogatory? |
an act is supererogatory if it is good but not morally required to be done. It refers to an act that is more than is necessary when another course of action—involving less—would still be an acceptable action. |
