Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 94: Transaction Account, Experience Machine, Appeasement
17 Dec 2017
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Clinton 51 - 40 (public policy polling) Trump"s tax returns, support for the iraq war, lack of detail on jobs plan. Trump is attempting to bring in people who on the fence. No mention of wall, negative speech on muslims. Owl site has assignment, questions, & required readings. Good: refers to states of affairs, good family of concepts (good, unhappy, pain, pleasure) Right: different family refers to actions, laws, and rules (did the right thing, which law is just) The right action is the one that maximizes utility. One that produces the most good is the one to follow. Utility = happiness, well-being, pleasure, preference satisfaction. Obey the law if and only if doing so will produce greater happiness than disobeying. Utilitarianism: three parts: theory of good (utility, happiness, commitment to equal concern ( everyone counts for one, and no one more than one , requirement of maximization: duty to produce as much good as possible.
