Kantianism and utility principle

What is moral decision making

Maximising happiness or if it’s your duty

Phycological egoism

Selfless good deeds don’t exist

Act utillitarianism

Act only if it maximises happiness

What are problems with rights with act utilitarianism

sometimes this can go too far resulting in death

What are problems with predictions AU

Acting based on pleasure can result in selfishness

Problems with moral education AU

Young children might find it confusing and difficult to learn the hedonic calculus

Rule utilitarianism

An action where if followed by everyone it would lead to greatest happiness

Responses to RU

Takes less time to learn but means that you can’t always get what you want

Application of utillitarianism to moral dilemmas

Would it maximise happiness

What is kantianism

Kant believes that actions are motivated by duties

The humanity formulation

Don’t treat people as a meer to an end

The universal law formulation

Act only on the maxim (things you would want everyone to follow)

Application of kantian ethics to moral dilemmas and decision making

Don’t lie to people becasue then you are stopping someone’s goal

the argument that kantianism is impersonal

Just because it’s your duty to do something doesn’t mean that you want to do it

Deontological ethics

an action is right or wrong if it’s motivated by duty

Theological ethics

consequences determine whether an action is good