PHIL 296 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Welfare, Moral Agency, Negative And Positive Rights
26 Feb 2016
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There are some things that moral cannot be done to the individual even if others stand to benefit as a result of doing it (regan, Rejecting utilitarianism: viewing everyone as worthless but valuable in potential. Leads to the replaceable thesis: utilitarianism does not respect the inviolability of person, instead its all about the consequences. Organs 5v1: utilitarian responses: (lack of respect for the individual) The utilitarian shuffle people shouldn"t be in danger of losing their life. Taste is not equal to the interest in not suffering or the interest in coninued existence so our cannibal friends do not have their interests regarded as equal to their potential victim. We want and prefer things, believe and feel things, recall and expect things. Regan calls a moral patient" (see regan 2004, 150-156): animal welfare, better conditions. Animal rights, do not subject animals to any condition. Friday, february 26, y: what do animals have a right to, (1) negative vs.
