PHIL 1104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Kantian Ethics, Immanuel Kant, Euthanasia
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Objection to utilitarianism says you have to do thing best for overall welfare. Put same set of resources to poor, make a vast difference in their lives compared to the minimal difference it will make in our lives. Proximity is probably not morally relevant: consider cases of doing a harm: Difference in benefiting neighbor vs person across the world: one can still live a perfectly good life while giving most of his/her affluence to charity. Do not burn yourself out, live poor life. Demands a lot more attention giving to others, more than normally required. Objection: if everyone helped out, wed only have to give a little bit of money. If everyone gave we could save world hunger. Ka(cid:374)t"s (cid:373)o(cid:396)al theo(cid:396)(cid:455) ha(cid:374)dles fai(cid:396)(cid:374)ess (cid:396)eall(cid:455) (cid:449)ell. Consider the principle of universalization: utilitarianism (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t e(cid:454)plai(cid:374) (cid:449)h(cid:455) o(cid:374)e pe(cid:396)so(cid:374) f(cid:396)ee-riding is wrong (fails in moral case but can justify policy/legal level) Can rationally will everyone gave to charity.
