PSYB30H3 Lecture Notes - Consequentialism, Unit, Subjectivism
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Normative claims are ones about how things ought to be. Normative epistemic claims: claims made about what one should believe, and how they ought to reason. Prudential claims: things made about your, self interest. Descriptive claims a claim about what is the case. Ex) barack obama is the president of the united states of america. It"s seen as more of a fact rather than a debatable case. Utilitarianism: an act is right if and only if it brings about the greatest total amount of happiness, or utility, out of all the actions available to the agent. Consequentialism: an act is right if and only if it produces the best consequences out of all the acts available to the agent. If and only if the total good produced minus the total bad produced is no lower than it would be for any other action available.
