ETHC 3P82 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Deontological Ethics, Retributive Justice, Egalitarianism
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What rules or principles should we follow: legal rules, rules derived from various institutions in which we participate, or from various social roles that we fill , role-based rules (business, professional rules. A right is a person"s entitlement to something; (cid:28651) (cid:28667)(cid:28660)s t(cid:28667)(cid:28664) r(cid:28668)(cid:28666)(cid:28667)t to (cid:28663)o or (cid:28667)(cid:28660)v(cid:28664) (cid:28652) legal rights: human rights u. n. Declaration: http://www. un. org/en/documents/udhr, universal in all places; equal; non-transferable, human rights and net utility. Negative and positive rights: negative rights , e. g. Privacy, life, speech, assembly, religion: a duty or obligation to not interfere in certain activities of the person who holds the right. Kantianism: an act or decision is moral: If humans have the right to autonomy ----- freedom to make our own choices is a basic right: since all humans possess this fundamental right, equal treatment and equal consideration is also a fundamental right. (cid:28638)(cid:28660)nt s c(cid:28660)t(cid:28664)(cid:28666)or(cid:28668)(cid:28662)(cid:28660)l (cid:28636)mp(cid:28664)r(cid:28660)t(cid:28668)v(cid:28664) If you were in his place? (cid:28638)(cid:28660)nt s c(cid:28660)t(cid:28664)(cid:28666)or(cid:28668)(cid:28662)(cid:28660)l (cid:28636)mp(cid:28664)r(cid:28660)t(cid:28668)v(cid:28664)
