SMG SM 131 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Categorical Imperative, Original Position, Individual And Group Rights
6 Apr 2016
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Not clearly right and wrong answer: problem, up in the air. Decisions you make challenged by other people: because reasonable minds can have differing opinions. The smell test: also known as the publicity rule : act as if decision published on front page of paper and read by family/friends. Thought question outrageous scenario: pull train track switch to save five people and kill one or vice versa. More removed from human life: push person over bridge to stop train or don"t and kill five people. Utilitarianism: greatest good for the greatest number: focused on consequences, not means, fails to respect individual rights, places same value on everyone"s happiness, subject to community values. Deontology: we have certain duties or rights regardless of the consequences: categorical imperative: a rule you are willing to universalize. I. e. if you cheat on a test are you willing to let everyone cheat: not concerned with consequences, most struggle to follow rules strictly, lying.
