PHILOS 2D03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: W. D. Ross, Kantian Ethics, Monism
29 Apr 2016
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Became consumed with the thought that utilitarianism and kantian deontology are morally doomed. What highly educated person have engaged in a moral decision in the way that kant and utilitarianism tells us to do. We have to think about how we normally do it, he wanted to show what was wrong with the previous two theories by making reference to how people normally make their decisions. These theories are not appropriate in every situation: we have to look at what normal people run into when they deal with a moral question - normal people consider multiple values when making these decisions. They are supposed to be ways of dealing with our tough moral questions, but they seem o to pretend that our tough moral questions can be solved by a simple mathematical calculation or by following a formula o. Therefore you need a formula which is pluralistic and personalizable.
