PHL105Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Instrumental And Value Rationality, European Cooperation In Science And Technology, Rationality
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Phl105 lecture 16 instrumental raionality (others) Acing morally wants you helping others making contracts with others. 4 is bad because you make sacriices and others don"t. 3 is one step less far than 4, everyone does not cooperate. 2 allows all beneits of cooperaion, you end up achieving your ends even though you sacriiced. 1 is best, because you get all beneits without any sacriice this table demonstrates cost effectiveness. Instrumental theory says act morally because it is instrumentally raional: taking the most efecive means to your ends. You are instrumentally raional just in case you take the most cost- efecive means to achieving your ends. Example; taking the shorter route to get home on ime as opposed to taking the longer route. All ends are ranked: some are more important to you in comparison to others: therefore when you take a means (acion) you then make it impossible to achieve some of your other ends.
