PHL275H1 Lecture Notes - Consequentialism, Death By Natural Causes, Analgesic
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Insists we always do what will have the best consequences for everyone. Keep giving money to charities until cost to us in happiness of donation greater than benefit to others can mean giving away most of what we have. Permits & in fact requires whatever act will have best overall outcome, no matter how it produces that outcome. But many don"t believe that some acts w/ best outcome are nonetheless wrong bc of how they produce that outcome. Kill the one, smaller bad consequence bigger good consequence something about the way in which it produces its bad consequence. Don"t kill the one manner in producing bad consequences is less problematic/objectionable. More objectionable to bring about bad consequence through something you. Kill the one active intervention on your part. Don"t kill one allowed them to die, decided to not actively intervene. Doing something that results in death is more morally objectionable than.
