PHILOS 2D03 Lecture : Utilitarianism Theory.docx

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHILOS 2D03
• Professor: Stefan Rodde

Document Summary

Moral motivation: why should we do the right thing, why should we avoid doing the wrong thing, bad consequences, social expectations, it"s wrong, the recognitions that an act is right/wrong provides a reason for doing it/not doing it. Moral dilemmas/disagreements: arise when there are moral reasons for accepting contrary positions, should women be allowed to have abortion on demand, yes: women have a right to control their own bodies, no: it is wrong to take a human life (including the lives of unborn humans, dilemmas religious, business, political, healthcare, i. e. 2 questions which any au needs to answer: what is utility (the good), whose utility determines rightness/wrongness, some examples of utility/disutility, pleasure and pain (bentham, happiness and unhappiness (mill, preferences and dispreferences (singer, whose utility determines the rightness/wrongness of an act, the utility, principle of utility (pou, an action is right if there is no other action which i could have performed which.