PHILOS 1B03 Chapter Notes -Habituation, Episteme, Phronesis
25 Sep 2013
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Act vs rule: act states that when found without choice we ought to consider the likely consequences of possible actions and choose the one that will _about most utility (qualified) Classical utilitarianism: rule being by looking at potential rules of action therefore rule= Utilitarianism is a; monistic, teleological theory of obligation which, owing to its teleological nature, rests on a theory of value. Utilitarian theory of value can of course be itself either monistic or pluralistic. Two different kinds of utilitarianism, act and rule utilitarianism. Utility stands for what it is that is intrinsically valuable under the utilitarian s theory of value. Disutility for whatever is thought to be intrinsically bad: john stuart mill. According to john stuart mill, actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness; wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. For him utility meant happiness and disutility unhappiness. A) would have produces a greater balance of utility over disutility.
