PHIL 100 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Virtue Ethics, Eudaimonia, Deontological Ethics
15 Nov 2016
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Maximize general welfare and utility (balance of pleasure over pain) Do the act which produces the most pleasure and minimizes the most pain of sentient beings. Amount of good amount of bad = net consequence: bad net consequence: bad, good net consequence: good. I think a utilitarian would say that fred should tell them about the bomb because the net bad consequences outweigh the net good consequences. Every person must be treated as an end in itself, not as a means. Take other people"s desires, interests, and ends into consideration. I should never act for a reason that wouldn"t make sense for everyone else. Nothing is more valuable than a reasoning function (not even happiness) would have as a reason themselves: lila would be treating him as a means and not taking his interests into consideration. Always act for reasons that everyone else has. What traits make someone a good person, not what the right thing to do is.
