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TYCD: Extra Credit - Utilitarianism, Drowning Hitler, Stealing the Enterprise
In today's Extra Credit, I talk a little (okay, a LOT) more about utilitarianism, some of its strengths and weaknesses, some important thinkers in its history, and my view on why the way that we currently teach it is missing something.
10:05 | RM Hare, "Ethical Theory and Utilitarianism"
14:16 | JJC Smart, "Extreme and Restricted Utilitarianism," pg. 353
15:34 | Ibid., pg. 347
***Godwin's Law says that the longer a discussion goes on, the more likely it is that someone will invoke a comparison to Hitler. It has conceptual overlap with the logical fallacy reductio ad Hitlerium.
21:32 | John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism, pg. 32 (Indianapolis: Hackett, 2001).
23:09 | Shelly Kagan, "Does Consequentialism Demand Too Much? Recent Work on the Limits of Obligation"
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By Peter Owens (PetePlays)In today's Extra Credit, I talk a little (okay, a LOT) more about utilitarianism, some of its strengths and weaknesses, some important thinkers in its history, and my view on why the way that we currently teach it is missing something.
10:05 | RM Hare, "Ethical Theory and Utilitarianism"
14:16 | JJC Smart, "Extreme and Restricted Utilitarianism," pg. 353
15:34 | Ibid., pg. 347
***Godwin's Law says that the longer a discussion goes on, the more likely it is that someone will invoke a comparison to Hitler. It has conceptual overlap with the logical fallacy reductio ad Hitlerium.
21:32 | John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism, pg. 32 (Indianapolis: Hackett, 2001).
23:09 | Shelly Kagan, "Does Consequentialism Demand Too Much? Recent Work on the Limits of Obligation"