PHLB09H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Organ Donation
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The utilitarian approach: asks you to think like the advantage point of the universe i. e. all the diff people that may be affected by your actions and take the course of action that would produce the best outcome. The utilitarian says whatever the answer is to how you should live your life, i. e. getting what you want, this is the affair that should be maximized. Utilitarianism: two features to this view essential to the approach: If everyone matters just as much as everyone else, we should every person as happy or whatever it is, as much as we can. Gives an aggregative approach to ethics: we can look at diff utilities brought about our actions and add them up calculate the right course of action. Most people say kill the 1 person and save the 5. Generally, it seems that we should promote the greatest happiness.
