PHL 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Political Philosophy, First Principle, Intuitionism
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We all have different preferences and we need to see which trade offs are fair to the people and are morally acceptable. Each person is counted as an equal and so their preferences should be accounted for as equals. Give equal weight to a person"s preference, regardless of the content. We count everyone for one, no one for more than one . Each person"s interests should be given equal weight; therefore. Maximizing the good is primary, not derivative and we count individuals equally only because that is the way to maximize value. Not concerned with persons, but with states of affairs. Teleological theory which means that the right act is defined in terms of maximizing the good, rather than in terms of equal consideration for individuals. A our world, containing 5 billion people each whom has an average utility of 18 units.
