Health Sciences 2610F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Immanuel Kant, Consequentialism, Egotism

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 2610F/G
• Professor: Ken Kirkwood

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Health science 2610 lecture 4: ethical theory. Principles are things that are ethically valuable take that value and apply it to situations. These are the things we believe: we believe that self rule is the best approach to decision making. Each of us are probably the best to make decisions for ourselves. Specific moral prescription: whe(cid:374) (cid:455)ou"(cid:396)e (cid:272)o(cid:374)f(cid:396)o(cid:374)ted (cid:449)ith a (cid:373)o(cid:396)al p(cid:396)o(cid:271)le(cid:373), (cid:449)hat (cid:449)ould (cid:455)ou do to fi(cid:454) the p(cid:396)o(cid:271)le(cid:373) Specific moral justification: rational and systematic, you would be able to explain it if you believed it was right. Requirements for ethical theory: epistemological requirements, based on evidence, accountable to evidence (falsifiable or verifiable?, does(cid:374)"t (cid:374)e(cid:272)essa(cid:396)il(cid:455) ha(cid:448)e to (cid:271)e s(cid:272)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)e, (cid:271)ut (cid:455)ou (cid:374)eed to e(cid:454)plai(cid:374) the (cid:396)easo(cid:374) (cid:449)h(cid:455, logical requirements. Consistent: being able to tell the difference between two situations, practical requirement, must be livable! (cid:862)ought(cid:863) i(cid:373)plies (cid:862)(cid:272)a(cid:374) You (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t put so(cid:373)e i(cid:373)p(cid:396)a(cid:272)ti(cid:272)al dut(cid:455) o(cid:374) so(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e (cid:374)o e(cid:454)pe(cid:272)tatio(cid:374)s that a(cid:396)e(cid:374)"t hu(cid:373)a(cid:374)l(cid:455) possi(cid:271)le.