PHI 2396 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Jeremy Bentham, Human Cloning, Epicurus
3 Nov 2016
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Never let me go: about human cloning. All ethical arguments are 2 arguments about 2 ethical theories. You do what will bring about the best overall consequences. You do what is right regardless of the consequences. This theory is based on wants and desires. We want the good, whatever the good is and we want to avoid the bad. He came up with 3 rules to have a happy life. Enough money to satisfy your wants everybody. Enlightenment in europe (17th century to the early 19th century) religious authority. Decision making based on our own wants and reasons regardless of. Utilitarianism is the ultimate theory regarding consequentialism. He wanted to have a good society and what"s best for. No such thing as a good thing that"s useless. The greatest good is that good that makes the most people happy. It has one rule: act so as to create the greatest good for the greatest number.
