RELIGST 2C03 Lecture Notes - Deontological Ethics, Immanuel Kant, Rule Utilitarianism
16 Oct 2013
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Pou determines whether a moral rule is genuine/spurious. A moral rule whose general observance tends to maximize utility or minimize disutility. In the situation with rock climbing with a stranger and a friends ru would say you have a special obligations to our friends and family. Right set of rules to follow maximize utility not the right thing to do it doesn"t do good. Rules we recognize, meant to justify them and why they are appropriate. Physicians have an obligation to save everyone"s lives, despite their status. Bus company used the honour system, is it wrong to take a free ride: rule says pay for your services, don"t take a free ride. 5 patients dying, take one healthy one and save all 5 or let 1 live and let all 5 die: thou shall not kill: rule says don"t kill, other"s will just die without am actual doing. You take care of a lg. number of kids.
