PHL 406 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Kantian Ethics, John Stuart Mill, Jeremy Bentham
16 Oct 2011
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Blah blah then they should do blah blah : two main anti-ethical theories, egoism. Our nature always to pursue our own interests. Incapable of acting ultimately for the sake of others rather than for our own sake. Ethical claims are only true and false based on their culture. Numerous objections include: different cultures disagreed about what is right and wrong, however, no objective fact of the matter about right and wrong. To determine what the right action is, you have to figure out which action produces the most good (or best consequence) for the most amount of people. Best consequence is when there is the most happiness and least suffering (jeremy bentham and john stuart mill) Some inconsistency could occur in the utilitarian view. Since utilitarianism leads to absurd consequences no matter how it"s interpreted, it should be rejected: deontology. To act morally is to act in accordance with some moral rules .
