Maximization

09/12/2007 20:04:00 Maximization = maximize the good consequences, go for the best.

10 questions are cumulative look at final quiz for tricky question • know which person is for which position o HAG is for death penalty cateogorical imperative is golden rule + rationality a priori – prior to experience know big picture of kant – remember basic picture of kant most people are objectivimist not relativists start with utilitliatarianism, start with FAMINE RELIEF!!!! • singer is both • logic = soundness and valility slippery slopes and loose cannon euthanasia are both fallacies pros and cons of social contract theory • con – hard to see why its diff than cultural relativism

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pro- says why we enter civil society, and what it amounts to. Nice attempt to figure out what moral looked like when we started and hwo to get back there. Nice humanitarian

know difference between cult relat and social contract theory for essay • same basic idea – different cultures/contracts in diff place • but way of developing the cultures/contracts is based on the plus factor, rationality, true nature rather than locke – over throw government if they do something wrong, justify American revolution

what principles the authors are envoking • great immoral benefit principal  singer • entitlement principal  Narveson who uses what principals and how they argue basically • rachels – when discussing euthanasia, uses the utilitarian argument, take interest of everyone and not violate rights • doorfinger – know name of type of argument • loose cannons and slippery slopes – same arguments, but call them different things. o Slippery slope- uyou wont be able to start o Loose cannon – if you just have this thing out there, it will go off in a different way. Haag and the death penalty – know which side the people take