RELG 271 Final: Pre-Final Lecture Notes

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It is about human action, about right or wrong: normativity is the concern for what people ought to value and what they ought to do. In ethics, we try to stay away from the normative (cid:494)ought(cid:495) and (cid:494)should(cid:495). question of what to do, of our next act: practical reason is the human capacity to resolve through reflection and deliberation the. Consequentialists are more concerned with outcomes, especially the good: teleological oriented toward a (cid:494)good(cid:495) end (cid:523)augustine(cid:524). All major religions have a teleology: virtue moral character (aristotle, aquinas). E. g. good moral habits: consequentialist morality of an action is contingent on its outcome or results (stuart mill, Utilitarianism best actions result in most happiness for the greatest number of. Welfarism best actions increase economic well-being: deontological moral decision-making is based on duties and obligations toward the rights and entitlements of others; (cid:494)the right(cid:495) is prior to (cid:494)the good(cid:495) (cid:523)kant, locke, rawls(cid:524).

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