Philosophy 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Logical Truth, Consequentialism

• School: Western University
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: Philosophy 1020
• Professor: Dennis Klimchuk

Document Summary

Consequentialism: the goodness and badness, rightness or wrongness of an action (policy, law, etc. ) is determined by the goodness or badness (etc. ) of its consequences. Utilitarianism is a species of consequentialism; it adds a measure of goodness and badness, rightness and wrongness. An actionmay be said to be conformable to the principle of utilitywhen the tendency it has to augment the happiness of the community is greater than any it has to diminish it. " ch 1, para 6. It is analytically true; it is false that the word right can have a meaning without reference to utility" ( 1. 14. 10) A sentence is analytically true if it is true by virtue of the meanings of its words.