PHI 130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Arianism, This Is Acting, Non-Linear Editing System
16 Jun 2016
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Difference between act and rule utilitarianism: they"re opposites, act: every situation has to be judged independently (cant trust the rule of. Thumbs all the time) no moral conflict: rule: there are certain moral rules that you have to follow no matter what. Bernard williams has objections to utilitarianism: ex: george is a chemist and needs a job. His friend offers him a shady job to work on chemical and biological weapons. If he is efficient and does his job well a lot of people will die. If george declines the job, there"s no guarantee that it will go away. If george takes the job and does a less than perfect job (instead of mark who is good at chemistry and will make a more powerful weapon than him) then slightly fewer people will die. According to utilitarianism: he should take the job.
