PHIL 1305 Lecture 12: 19APR
26 Jul 2018
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Hedonic the consequences are increasing happiness or pleasure and reducing su ering. Impartiality one person"s happiness is no more important than any other"s. Examines a whole series of charities for their e ectiveness. Makes it easy to give money and be con dent in its consequences. Nine million people are dying from starvation and disease in east bengal. Individuals in richer nations can prevent a signi cant portion of this su ering. But we have no made the necessary decisions to do so. Neither individuals nor governments can claim to be unaware of this situation. The way individuals in a uent countries like the us react to this situation cannot be morally justi ed. The way we look at moral issues needs to be fundamentally altered, which should lead to a profound change in the way of life that most of us take for granted.
