lecture 2 consequentialism

Question 1

consequentialism steps

Answer 1

Define “best outcome”

Define consequences for whom

define consequences of what

Question 2

utilitarians are hedonists

Answer 2

they claim that goodness consists in pleasure and absence of pain

There are alternative accounts that can be given

The right act to perform is the one that brings the about the best balance of pleasure over pain

Question 3

consequences for whom

Answer 3

consequentialism is agent neutral

Moral rightness is established independently of the person doing the deliberation

It places equal demands on everyone

Consequentialism is impartial

Everyone deserves equal consideration in moral thinking

Across distance (friends vs distant strangers)

Across time (present vs future generations)

Question 4

Which consequences

Answer 4

direct vs indirect consequentialism

Act consequentialism

Rule consequentialism

Question 5

Act consequentialism

Answer 5

classical utalitarianism: choose the action that maximises the good (case by case)

Question 6

Rule consequentialism

Answer 6

choose the action which follows a rule which maximises the good

Internalization of types of action