PHIL 112 Lecture 2: Ethical Theories
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Kantianism: what is the intent, what"s good without quali cation. Act only from moral rules that you can at the same time will to be universal and moral laws. If everyone can act on the law without contradiction. Consequences do not happen, only the intention matters, Act so that you always treat others as an end, and never as an end only. Thought that people should never will, and wills involving lies can never be universalized. Act utilitarianism: morality is a matter entirely of consequences.