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Utilitariansim, Ch6
Beginning Ethics, Lewis Vaughn (Evaluating the theory…
Utilitariansim, Ch6
Beginning Ethics, Lewis Vaughn
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Evaluating the theory
- prevent race riots by falsely accusing innocent
- kill healthy individual to save 5 sick individuals
- distribute 1000 units of happiness of disaster aid to richest, or equally to all
- caretaker kills sickly patients to spare patients pain and families from financial and emotional burden
- 1001 happiness units vs 1000 happiness units, even tho 1001 requires lying
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learnings: consider that consequences of our actions do make a difference in deliberations; includes impartiality; promote human welfare
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