PHIL 001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Act Utilitarianism, Psychological Egoism, Rule Utilitarianism

• School: College of The Sequoias
• Department: Philosophy (PHIL)
• Course: PHIL 001
• Professor: cline

Document Summary

Defines right action-takes this form to determine what is right and wrong. How should we define right or wrong actions. Shift about actions-life is increasing, populations are growing, and we know less and less people in our proximity and we begin discerning moral worth on actions rather than who they actually are as a person. Ethical egoism: the right action is the one that maximizes good over evil for me. What counts as good may vary with theory, good can be pleasure, self interest, god"s will. *how the self gains or what it gets from the actions. Psychological egoism: most of our actions/behaviors are rooted in our own wants/will benefit yourself. Just because we behave this way does not always mean we should. The principle of utility: whatever produces the greatest good (least evil) for the most people. *pleasure and pain is measurable quantifiable and objective phenomena.