POLI 231 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Deontological Ethics, Jean-Paul Sartre, Consequentialism
1 Dec 2017
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Consequentialists take into account all consequences, intended or not: deontology, there are things that you ought not to do despite the goodness of the consequences, 2 concepts. Constraints: you ought to do/not to do it: e. g. constraint against doing harm against others, absolute constraints exists in extreme deontology. Poli 231: there"s so much good at stake that you need to act against the constraints, moral dilemmas, when regardless of what action you take, you will have wronged. All actions will get your hands dirty: consequentialists do not believe this exists. You have calculated and maximized the good with your actions: deontologists: thresholds are the reason for the dilemma. Question: what happens to the constraint: no longer operative, still operative, but you still ought to secure the good, state officials" actions and decisions affect everyone, more than one normative factor creates dilemmas.
