PHI 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Categorical Imperative, John Stuart Mill, Jeremy Bentham

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHI 1101
• Professor: Mark Brown

Document Summary

Attempts to determine what actions are right/wrong. 2 moral theories: utilitarianism, kantian ethics. Deontological results or consequences of actions are morally irrelevant. Consequential actions are right/wrong depending of the consequences: jeremy bentham utilitarianism. Maximise please in the social realm and minimize pain. Everyone affected by some action must be counted equally. Our own happiness counts no more than that of others: john stuart mill utilitarianism. He looks at the quality of happiness vs quantity. Distinguishes pleasure of intellect > pleasures of sensation. To act out of duty is to do what is right simply because it is right and for no other reason.