PHI 2396 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Categorical Imperative, Consequentialism, Casuistry
24 Dec 2017
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His of ce moved: desmarais 8146, friday 1-2. Next class is another note on chapter 2 philosophy. You have an actor, an action, and a consequence / outcomes. Kent focused on the rightness and wrongness of the actions - often based on the outcomes. An explanation of why an action is right or wrong or why a person or a persons character is good or bad. Tells us what is about an action that makes it right. 1. theoretical statement / principal / concept. 2. apply it to a particular case. Moral theories alone are not the ultimate authority in moral deliberations. Moral deliberations involve . (moved too fast) Consequentialist theory - asserts that the rightness of actions depend solely on their consequences. Deontological theory - asserts that the rightness of the action is determined partly or entirely by their intrinsic value (telling the truth, justice)
