PHIL 433 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: If And Only If, Golden Rule, Principle Of Double Effect
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Moral philosophy is concerned with the right and the good. Rightness- actions that are not morally wrong (in contrast: narrow sense: only includes actions that are morally obligatory, broad sense: includes actions that are morally obligatory and actions that are morally optional. Happiness) final value : valued for its own sake (the end) and never a means to anything else (what philosophers refer to) Property of persons, character traits, or state of affairs: extrinsic (instrumental) value: value originates from its association with something that has intrinsic value (ex. Looking at its function (in this case, the point or aim of a moral theory), we can understand the meaning behind the subject. Use moral principles to satisfy these aims claims that can be used as the criterion of moral rightness: ex. An action a is morally right iff a is done on a tuesday.
