PHIL 2103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Ethics, Conflict Resolution, Consequentialism
7 May 2018
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Consequentialism
An action is morally required just because it produces the best overall results
Optimific: overall balance of good vs. evil
Utilitarianism
• Well being
• Do something if it bring about more wellbeing/better results
• Expected vs. actual results
o Actual
• Possible benefits?
o Maximize goodness
o Impartial
o Moral flexibility
o Conflict resolution
o Ability to justify conventional moral wisdom
• Moral community
o Humans obviously count
o Animals
o If you can suffer, you are part of the moral community
o Thought: people in a coma are not suffering but are they part of the moral community?
• Thought: you could donate all of your money to charity right now to improve the overall
goodness in the world
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