PHIL 160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Preference Utilitarianism, Personal Relationships, If And Only If

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10 Apr 2016
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Uilitarianism: you should x if x maximizes uility. Hedonic uilitarianism: uility=happiness(or pleasure and absence of pain) Form of objecives in case c, x maximizes uility, but x is wrong. Rep 3: is this the right noion of uility. Not a real life but the best life possible. Experience machine should be used as it would maximize uility. Reply 2: -plugging into the experience is sill the wrong thing to do. Reply 3: -it is not the best noion of uility. Desire that x is saisies if x- right. Desire that x is saisied if one believes x is true- wrong. Even if the hedonic theory suggests that the neighbors kid should be saved as he would be more useful, we would usually save our own child as it is the obligated thing to do. Personal relaionships can be a big inluence on own decisions.

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