PHI 1102 Study Guide - Final Guide: Rule Utilitarianism, Mother Teresa, Principle Of Double Effect
28 Nov 2016
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Utility is the only motive and end for action. Utility is the production of happiness or pleasure and the prevention of pain. The consequences of human action is what counts in evaluating their merit. > the kind of consequence that matters for human happiness is just the achievement of pleasure and avoidance of pain. > thus, punishment must t the crime by changing the likely perception of the value of committing it. A community is ctional, in order to determine the community"s interest, we must rst determine the interests of the community"s members. All actions that produce pleasure/pain are valued as determined by their: Act : look at each act as it appears. Rule: set rules, look based on your rules. Humans have higher faculties and thus, pleasures, which are instrumentally and intrinsically more valuable/desirable. A pleasures value and desirability depend on its preference by a knowledgable majority. Lower and higher faculties (which can be lost)
