PHIL 230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Supererogation, Deontological Ethics
3 Apr 2016
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- some people think rules about justice must rest on different grounds than happiness, because they seem so important and inviolable. - the principle of utility can be used to measure both morality and what it would be good for people to do but that we wouldn"t say they morally ought to do. To start looking at the third question, distinguish a few things: morally obligatory: actions that must be done; if one does these one is acting morally rightly; if one does not, one is acting morally wrongly. - examples, in your view: morally prohibited: what must not be done; if one does not do this, one is acting morally rightly; if one does do it, one is acting morally wrongly. - examples, in your view: morally permitted or optional: what can be done without acting morally wrongly, but that is not required/obligatory (so also not acting morally wrongly if you don"t do it).
