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Normative Ethics

Normative Ethics. Section 1 Moral Standing, Value, Rights and Rightness. Moral Standing. Moral standing belongs to things which ought to be taken into consideration when decisions are being made (Chapter 2, Section 2). Scope of moral standing – wider than that of moral rights.

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Normative Ethics

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  1. Normative Ethics Section 1 Moral Standing, Value, Rights and Rightness

  2. Moral Standing • Moral standing belongs to things which ought to be taken into consideration when decisions are being made (Chapter 2, Section 2). • Scope of moral standing – wider than that of moral rights.

  3. Intrinsic Value • States of affairs have intrinsic value when there are independent reasons for protecting or promoting them. • They are valuable in themselves, whether or not they are valuable for further reasons (Chapter 2, Section 2). • Intrinsic value of well-being – suggests that obligations could be related to protecting it (whether or not we talk of rights).

  4. Equal Consideration • Giving equal consideration to equal interests is compatible with prioritising greater interests. • Not obligatory to treat all beings equally. • One can give equal consideration to equal interests whilst prioritising the needs of, for example, beings with certain distinctive capacities.

  5. Consider… • the relation of needs to obligations.

  6. Consequentialism: focuses on the consequences of actions John Stuart Mill’s rule-utilitarianism. Deontological theory: focuses on appropriate rules Immanuel Kant & James Sterba. Normative Theory Concerned with issues like what makes right actions right.

  7. Consider… • A successful normative ethics theory would be an inclusive one, capable of explaining (at least) obligatory as well as permissible or justifiable acts & omissions.

  8. Right Action Deeds can be right because… • they are the morally best thing to do • they are obligatory all-things-considered • they are obligatory other-things-being equal.

  9. Consider… • the difference between what is obligatory all-things-considered and obligatory other-things-being equal.

  10. Right Action • At times, more than one of a cluster of actions would be right. • Some actions are supererogatory – right, but beyond the call of duty. Consider examples.

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