PHILOS 1E03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Normative Ethics, Consequentialism, Kantianism
8 Dec 2014
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Let us assume that there are such things as moral obligations: things it would be (morally) right to do and (morally) wrong not to do, things we ought to do. Our answer to this question will depends in large part on what normative ethical theory we accept. Normative ethical theory that tells us what we ought morally to do and ought morally not to do. There are many di erent possible normative ethical theories. In 972, philosopher peter singer published this article. Argues that we have a moral obligation to give most of what we currently own to help alleviate extreme deprivation in developing nations. Much of the argument"s weight is carried in premise 2. This normative principle is consequentialist in structure although it represents a much weaker form of consequentialism than classical utilitarianism. Imagine that you"re walking to school one day through cootes paradise. Was you"re passing a lake, you see there"s a small child drowning.
