Chapter 9 of Wolf’s Introduction to Moral Philosophy. For the first part of your exploration, you’re going to pick at least two of the objections/problems for Utilitarianism that Wolff brings to our attention. Then summarize. You may pick from: The problem of deathbed promises The Agency Problem Rule Utilitarianism Collapsing into Act Utilitarianism Problem The […]
What do you think about this independence this call for becoming self-reliant, and self-dependent when it comes to knowledge, truth and, finally, morality itself?
What is “ethics” really about? COLLAPSE Let us recall that in the Euthyphro, Socrates asks for an “account” of why something is holy, pious, or moral. He does not, and cannot accept, an explanation in terms of just “whatever the gods love”, or whatever God tells you to do. For, if at the end of […]
Explain what it is, what Rachels thinks it achieves that the other theories do not, and whether or not you think it succeeds.
In the last chapter of Rachael, Elements of Moral Philosophy, they present their own moral theory, Multiple-Strategies Utilitarianism. Explain what it is, what Rachels thinks it achieves that the other theories do not, and whether or not you think it succeeds. Give philosophically adequate arguments. Give an accurate analysis of the arguments presented and to […]