PHL275H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Chemical Warfare, Consequentialism
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Just write about one of the questions: what possible forms could the response take. It takes states of affairs to be the bearers of value. The notion of a right action is a. Maximising notion : the goodness/ badness of the consequences of one"s action are solely relevant to the determining its moral status. Non-consequentialist: some types of actions are right/wrong regardless of their consequences, consequences are one but not the sole factor relevant to the moral status of actions. Williams: negative responsibility: for the consequentialist, it is irrelevant whether some state of affairs comes about because: I brought it about by making someone else do something which resulted in its coming about. I acted in such a way that caused p. I failed to act so as to prevent p. They are babysitting: smith goes upstairs to drown his nephew in the bathtub because he wants money.
