PHL 612 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Kantian Ethics, Deontological Ethics, Moral Agency

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHL 612
• Professor: Frank Miller

Document Summary

Phl 612 module 5 - utilitarian consequentialism and kantian deontology (nonconsequentialism) plus concepts of autonomy and liberty. Topic 1: utilitarian consequentialism core aspects of classical utilitarianism theory: (a) consequentialism; Consequentialists, as the name indicates, focus on the consequences, or outcomes, or results of action in moral evaluation. Utilitarianism is characterized as an approach to ethics that is predominantly focused on. Right action is action that produces happiness, pleasure, satisfaction or enjoyment. Wrong action is the converse; it is action that generates unhappiness, pain, dissatisfaction, or lack of enjoyment. The principle of utility is also known as the greatest happiness principle or the principle of the greatest good for the greatest number (b) hedonism, or subjective accounts of the good; Classical utilitarians rely upon a subjective account of the good, which is conceived in terms of the maximization of positive utility.