PHILOS 2D03 Lecture Notes - Rationality, Deontological Ethics
7 Feb 2014
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Jean stuart mill (1806 1873: principle of utility > right action, principle of utility > moral rules > right action, pou determines whether a moral rule is genuine/spurious, ru mountain climbing example rope breaks, stranger is very involved within community, best friend is not, who do you save, rule that you have special duty to your friends and family, not to strangers, if you are to follow this rule, then you would save your friend over the stranger, free rider problem, ru general rule that you should pay for what you get, ru would say you should pay for your service, do not take a free ride. Immanual kant (1724 1804: conditions for moral action, right intentions: you must intend to do the right thing, right motives: you must do it for the right reason, right motives, 3 men have opportunity to commit adultery, decide not to do it for 3 different reasons.
