PHIL 120W Lecture Notes - Psychological Egoism, Act Utilitarianism, Egotism

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aquamarinehedgehog675

1 Oct 2012

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Simon Fraser University

Department

Philosophy

Course

PHIL 120W

Professor

Sam Black

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Better to be socrates dissatisfied than a pig satisfied . Everyone acts according to their own interests, our psychology makes us act that way. People ought to act to satisfy their own interests. Perform the action that has the best consequences or promote greater happiness. Whether you should keep a promise depends on the consequences of that particular promise. It"s what leads to the conclusion that you can do anything that has the best consequences. It may be that a general policy of keeping promises would lead to a greater happiness than alternative policies. If so, then i should keep my promise not to tell a secret even if, on this particular occasion, breaking the promise would lead to more happiness than keeping it. If it undermines what you want to do, then it"s immoral and you shouldn"t do it. Fails to consider rights and justice (act utilitarianism in particular)

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PHIL 120W Lecture Notes - Psychological Egoism, Act Utilitarianism, Egotism

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