BIOLOGY 361 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: John Stuart Mill, Trolley Problem, Jeremy Bentham
13 Jan 2017
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The exam will consist of multiple choice, matching (thinker with view), and short essay. Thinkers: jeremy bentham, john stuart mill, j. j. c. smart, peter singer, ken kipnis, immanuel. Kant, w. d. ross, aristotle, carol gilligan, nell noddings. The view that the rightness or wrongness of an action or rule is determined by the benefit of utility produced. The rightness or wrongness of an action is determined by the consequences of. To save the trolley full of people or to push the fat guy to save the trolly. The principle of utility (or greatest happiness principle) The principle of utility (greatest happiness principle): an action or rule morally right if it produces the greatest amount of happiness for the greatest number. Be(cid:374)tha(cid:373)"s utilita(cid:396)ia(cid:374)is(cid:373) is hedonistic (based on pleasure, the relevant form of benefit or utility is pleasure) pleasure produced by an action a(cid:374)(cid:455)o(cid:374)e else"s. All human behavior is motivated by the pursuit of pleaser and the avoidance of pain.
