PHL 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: John Stuart Mill, If And Only If, Immanuel Kant
5 Jan 2021
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An action is right iff it maximizes utility. Principle of utility moral rules right action. Require you to treat everyone the same to maximize utility. Goes against our intuition to treat family better. Possible to maximize utility to take a free ride as long as you didn"t get caught. Seems to be obligatory to break a rule. Licensing sacrificing innocent minority for the sake of the majority. Pou determines whether a moral rule is genuine/ spurious. A moral rule whose general observance tends to maximize utility or minimize disutility is. The rules stipulate what is right and wrong. Every ethical system has to start somewhere. Society is happier when they form closer bonds with friends and family. Society is happier overall when people obey rules. You should not kill one innocent to save the majority. Society is happier when there is human rights. Right intentions: you must intend to do the right thing.
