ANSC 1210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: John Stuart Mill, Categorical Imperative, Political Philosophy
5 Mar 2016
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Moral principles by which a person is guided. Principles of human duty: confusion of the facts what is, confusion of the ethics what ought to be done. Ethical behaviour is about doing things as well as not doing things acts of commission and omission. Ethical obligations originate in mutual agreements or contracts between people. Animals do not create or have moral duties. Example: we should care about animal welfare, because consumers demand it and we want to sell products. : utilitarian. Morality is about maximising human and animal well-being. Consider the welfare consequences for animals as well as potential benefits for humans of our actions. Weakness: justice may not be done & rights may be violated. In defence of utilitarianism: very resilient, scenarios used to criticise it (do not happen in the real world), develop rules to overcome to problems, so what response.
