PHL 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Consequentialism
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Rawls believes that in our society utilitarianism operates as a kind of tacit background against which other theories have to assert and defend themselves. Utilitarianism claims that the morally right ac or policy is that which produces the greatest happiness for the members of society. Applies to the basic structure of society, not to the personal conduct of individuals. Those who reject it it cannot help but disappear from the landscape. 2 features making it an attractive theory. The goal does not depend on the existence of god, or a soul, or any entity. o 2. Consequentialism the act or policy in question actually does some identifiable good or not. Homosexuality, no bad consequences why it is morally wrong. It prohibits such apparently arbitrate moral prohibitions. It demands of anyone who condemns something as morally wrong that they show who. Something is morally good only if it makes someone"s life better off.
