PHIL 1050 Lecture Notes - Noble Eightfold Path, Kantianism, Deontological Ethics
23 Nov 2012
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Mackie trying to show that the fact that there is evil it rules out the traditional idea of god. First figure out what are the most good, the best things. Utilitarianism: greatest good for the greatest amount of the people. Right action is the action that will result in the best, most good consequence. Don"t think of past issues, primarily focus on future things and expected or probable consequences. Bentham believes that utilitarianism provides the most happiness and the least suffering. Bentham believed that british laws should be based on moral reasoning, not religion. Rights have to be given utilitarianism reasons. According to kant, we should always treat humanity never solely as a means but always also as an end in itself. One interpretation, there is a stress on humanity as person (a fetus would not be considered as a person because it does not have a moral status)
