PHIL221 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Act Utilitarianism, John Stuart Mill, Consequentialism
12 Apr 2015
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If morality was grounded in reason then you would nd more agreement. Hume said it was grounded in sentiment: people approve of things morally if they help other people; and disapprove of things morally if they hurt others. The only explanation for that is that people have a natural af nity and caring for other people. It can"t be sentiment morality has to be based in reason. Disagreed that morality was about helping people. Principles of morality had to deal with more structural principles to do with behavior. Mill: agrees with hume about the content of morality (is about helping people, and producing the best consequences overall) but it is a matter of reason (the reason you do it and act well) and justi cation; not feelings (sentiment) To produce the most happiness (pleasure and the absence of pain) and the least about of pain. Consequentialism (look at the consequences) ----- utilitarianism (look at the utility)
