Philosophy 2030

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Philosophy 2030 Class 8 Tonight (4/30/14)
Return Midterm Exam. Congratulations.
Good job. Trying to Love Your Enemies Movie
High Noon Discuss Chapter 6 Deontology
in relation to the movie Next Week (5/7/14)
Final Portfolio Due From your portfolio tell
your best story to the class (5-10
minutes each) Continue Discussion of Chapter
6.
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A pupil from whom nothing is ever demanded which
he cannot do, never does all he can. It is, no
doubt, a very laudable effort, in modern
teaching, to render as much as possible of what
the young are required to learn, easy and
interesting to them.  But when this principle is
pushed to the length of not requiring them, to
learn anything but what has been made easy and
interesting, one of the chief objectives of
education is sacrificed.                J. S.
Mill, Autobiography
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Last Portfolio Assignment
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Utilitarianism The morality of an act depends
on whether it has good consequences. Intentions
are irrelevant to whether or not an act is
right!
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• Although it appears correct to some degree,
  utilitarianism has many critics.
• It seems not to account for the importance of
  duties and obligations and intentions.
• Consider the case of a man who attempts to shoot
  his friend out of rage and jealousy and misses
  and hits instead a sniper who is about to shoot a
  rifle into a crowded mall. Did this man act
  morally? If only consequences matter, we would
  probably have to say that he did.

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After we watch the movie, we will discuss
What are the Ethical issues or dilemmas? Does
Marshal Kane do the right thing? Do anyone
else do the right thing? Why would John Wayne
call this movie un-American? Should we do the
right thing in spite of negative consequences?
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Morality as Doing the Right Thing

• Many argue against utilitarianism that what
  makes an action moral is the intention under
  which it is done. A moral act is done because it
  is the right thing to do.
• But what is the right thing to do? Such a view
  can be interpreted many ways and may even appear
  to beg the question.
• Is the right thing to do to follow the golden
  rule which is stated quite explicitly by many
  early Greek philosophers in the New Testament
• -- Matthew 712 "So in everything, do to others
• what you would have them do to you, for this
  sums
• up the Law and the Prophets."
• This principle exists in all the major religions
  Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam,
  Jainism, Confucianism, and Taoism.