PHIL 157 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Consequentialism, Mantra, Categorical Imperative
21 Dec 2016
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The end goal is a good life (happiness) a good life is a flourishing life. Agent focused, doing the right thing based on character traits, being able to define the difference between right and wrong. Doing what a person of good character would do. The only way to determine if an action is good or not, you need to look at what a virtuous person would do. Similar traits that can be virtues can also be vices. Feminist ethics: feminist approach to ethical issues, don"t ha(cid:448)e to (cid:271)e a (cid:449)o(cid:373)a(cid:374). Utilitarian ethics: universal and impartial in its approach to ethics. Rule utilitarianism: we ought to develop rules to maximize the good, we must follow the rules, we cannot have laws based on certain circumstance, they need to be more definite. Preference utilitarianism: once you have a preference for something, this is what you should aim to satisfy/maximise.
