ANSC 1210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Analgesic, Tom Regan, John Stuart Mill

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Animal Science
• Course: ANSC 1210
• Professor: Alexandra Harlander

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Early utilitarian: argues that reason is present in animals and humans alike. Difference in degree, not in kind: reaso(cid:374) is (cid:862)do(cid:449)(cid:374)g(cid:396)aded(cid:863) to a si(cid:373)ple fu(cid:374)(cid:272)tio(cid:374) of memory experience. Reaso(cid:374) is the (cid:862)sla(cid:448)e of passio(cid:374)s(cid:863: morality is based on feeling and sympathy not on reason, wrong to inflict unnecessary pain (cid:862) (cid:449)e should (cid:271)e (cid:271)ou(cid:374)d (cid:271)(cid:455) the la(cid:449)s of hu(cid:373)a(cid:374)it(cid:455) to gi(cid:448)e ge(cid:374)tle usage to these (cid:272)(cid:396)eatu(cid:396)es(cid:863) Jeremy bantham: english philosopher and social reformer. Concerned about poor condition of workers: argued that it was the consequences of actions that matters. John stuart mill: english philosopher, de(cid:448)eloped be(cid:374)tha(cid:373)"s ideas i(cid:374)to the philosoph(cid:455) of (cid:862)the g(cid:396)eatest happi(cid:374)ess p(cid:396)i(cid:374)(cid:272)iple(cid:863) o(cid:396) (cid:862)utilita(cid:396)ia(cid:374)is(cid:373)(cid:863) A good a(cid:272)tio(cid:374) (cid:272)auses (cid:862)the g(cid:396)eatest happi(cid:374)ess of all those (cid:449)hose i(cid:374)te(cid:396)est is i(cid:374) (cid:395)uestio(cid:374) Tom regan: american philosopher, emeritus professor at north carolina state university, published (cid:862)the (cid:272)ase fo(cid:396) a(cid:374)i(cid:373)al (cid:396)ight(cid:863) i(cid:374) 1(cid:1013)(cid:1012)3. Two types of ethical theories: those (cid:271)ases o(cid:374) (cid:862)good(cid:374)ess a(cid:374)d (cid:271)ad(cid:374)ess(cid:863), that is the (cid:396)esult of a(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s.