POLS 4212 Lecture Notes - International Criminal Court, Distributive Justice, International Court
13 Oct 2013
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Takes general issues and at times seems rather abstract. Many policy disputes are really moral disputes. Criticising them for having an inadequate or moral deficient basis. Not just one ethics (ngo community get a sense of other-ing in terms of ethics) Ethics not a position but a field of position engage in arguments because it is dialectical. Utilitarianism something that can be useful everyday use. Utilitarianism presented as a theory of human nature, assume that all human beings are selfish and they are smart in their selfishness, rational choice theory. Encyclopaedia of philosophy presents it as a school of thought that claims it is the maximization of well being. In this course dealing with it as an ethical theory dealing with maximization of well being. Consequentialist theory, doesn"t matter what you have in mind, what matters is the consequences of your actions are. Much of public policy is really based on having good consequences.
