The problem of moral reasoning: consequentialist and deontological criteria
The text deals with the problem of moral reasoning or the criteria that allows to judge the correct from the incorrect action in the scope of ethical consequentialism and deontological morality. Once the two terms are defined, ethical utilitarianism will be taken as a classic example of moral conseq...
- Autores:
- Tipo de recurso:
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2018
- Institución:
- Universidad de Caldas
- Repositorio:
- Repositorio Institucional U. Caldas
- Idioma:
- eng
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:repositorio.ucaldas.edu.co:ucaldas/15475
- Acceso en línea:
- https://doi.org/10.17151/difil.2018.19.33.3
- Palabra clave:
- Consequentialism
deontologism
intention
utilitarianism
moral obligation
Consequencialismo
deontologismo
intenção
utilitarismo
obrigação moral
- Rights
- openAccess
- License
- Discusiones Filosóficas - 2018
| Summary: | The text deals with the problem of moral reasoning or the criteria that allows to judge the correct from the incorrect action in the scope of ethical consequentialism and deontological morality. Once the two terms are defined, ethical utilitarianism will be taken as a classic example of moral consequentialism opposing to this perspective the Kantian deontological ethics. With these two theoretical parameters of morality, the discussion will focus on the assessment of problem cases, exploring the ethical issues they raise, evidencing the insufficiency of elucidating them only based on consequentialist principles and the moral of duty. |
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