Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Decision Rule
24 Oct 2017
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The distinction between a decision rule and a criterion of moral rightness. Decision rule: what we appeal to when making decisions about what to do. Criterion of rightness: test for determining whether an act is right or wrong. The best way to meet their criterion is not to appeal to it when deciding what to do. A general objection to utilitarianism kill 1 innocent person to give organs to 4 others: appeasing: clear injustice will never maximize happiness, t. Can require injustice (torture, slavery, conviction of the innocent: hard headed ut: we might need to change our idea of what"s unjust, i. e. immoral things b/c it minimizes happiness, but b/c it"s morally wrong. I can get the (cid:498)right(cid:499) answer, but not for the right reason. It fails to explain why actions are morally right or wrong, just not doing. When i receive benefits from the state, fairness requires that i take my share of the burden.
