Consequentialism Flashcards
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What is honouring a value?
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Acting in accordance with the value
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What is consequentialism?
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Holds consequences of one’s conduct as ultimate basis for judgement about rightness, not nature of the actions
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What is promoting the value?
A
Acting towards it
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Do consequentialists care about honouring or promoting?
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Promoting
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Philip Pettit
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Agents should honour values only if it’s part of promoting
Promoting= max its expected realisation
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Criticisms
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Doesn’t provide guidance in what one ought to do
Unintended consq
