PHIL-360 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: General Position, If And Only If
22 Nov 2016
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The morality of choosing death: but should read read chapter 11 notes also to understand his unique form of utilitarianism and its rules on killing. Feldman gives utilitarian like account of morality: act utilitarianism but rejects the principle of. Uses justicized act utilitarianism: general position that killing is wrong because it makes the world worse by depriving the victim of intrinsic goods that are deserved and that would have been enjoyed had they not been killed. So suicide would be wrong when it makes the world worse; makes the world better when it makes the world more just and fair. [185]: justicism and act utilitarianism combined: an act is morally right iff it maximizes universal justice levels. Justicism perspective: an intrinsic value is determined by its universal justice level; a state of affairs is better when there is balance between deservingness of goods and the amount of goods the person actually receives.
