PHLA11H3 Lecture 5: PHLA11 LEC 05
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Chopping up chuck : aggregate welfare is higher when chopping up chuck and saving the five people, welfare consequentialism says we"re morally required to chop up chuck. Aggregate welfare says chop chuck up and let the 5 people live longer lives. Let chuck live a longer life and let the 5 die. Rights, duties and principles: aggregate welfare is not the only thing that matters, morality doesn"t just involve aggregate welfare, it also involves deontological requirements, duties and rights as deontological requirements. Aggregation: one part of welfare consequentialism is consequentialism, a different aspect of welfare consequentialism is aggregation, the total amount of welfare, doesn"t matter how it is distributed. If the guy leaves the wires, he ruins the match for the last 15 minutes be greater than the torture of welfare. It would lower aggregate welfare if he went or someone went to disconnect him. Imagine a person who is allocating satisfaction across different stages in his life.
