PHIL 2120 Lecture 9: Week 9
23 Mar 2021
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Utilitarianism: utilitarianism: a major strand in moral philosophy, best known utilitarian thinkers include jeremy bentham (1748-1832) and john stuart. It is a form of teleological ethics (see below) Mill (1806-1873: but there are others well-known utilitarian thinkers, like the 19th century moral philosopher. Henry sidgwick (1838-1900) and the contemporary philosopher peter singer (1946-: the notes below are based on louis pojman"s chapter: utilitarianism, in ethics: discovering. See pojman"s examples of (1) being stuck on an island with a wealthy person and of (2) being on a raft in the pacific ocean. A teleologist is a person whose ethical decision-making aims solely at maximizing nonmoral goods, such as pleasure, happiness, welfare, and the amelioration of suffering. That is, the standard of right or wrong action for the teleologist is the comparative consequences of the available actions: that act is right which produces the best consequences (pojman, p.
