PHIL 102 Lecture Notes - Consequentialism, Deontological Ethics, Heinrich Himmler
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Right action is the one that actually creates the most good. Right action is the one that"s expected to create the most good. Do the action that created the most good. Indirect (rule) consequentialism review: what is practical reasoning? you have a norm or principle (rational command), there are facts, and the end result is an action the principles must be desire-like, motivating theories of right action. Right action is one that follows a duty. Kant has a general principle for our duties. There"s a list of intrinsic goods that can"t be reduced. A right action is an action done on a maxim that anyone can will. Psychic division between what the person judges and what their sympathy means. Con ict between moral judgement and sympathy (feeling of concern for the well-being of another person) His moral judgement beat out his sympathy for people (death camps) Has moral judgement that we"re sinners and most of us will go to hell.
