Ethics 14 - Synthesis Chapter

What is your answer?

Suppose that you're a consequentialist and are deliberating about whether to have an abortion. You'd see what you ought to do as determined by this question:

{ 1 }

{ 2 }

{ 3 }

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1 is wrong. Please try again.

Suppose that you're a consequentialist and are deliberating about whether to have an abortion. You'd see what you ought to do as determined by this question:

{ 1 } - "Would this abortion have the best consequences for me?"

{ 2 }

{ 3 }

You'd ask this if you held the "egoism" form of consequentialism.

But you might instead be a utilitarian.

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2 is wrong. Please try again.

Suppose that you're a consequentialist and are deliberating about whether to have an abortion. You'd see what you ought to do as determined by this question:

{ 1 }

{ 3 }

You'd ask this if you held the "utilitarianism" form of consequentialism.

But you might instead be an egoist.

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3 is correct!

Suppose that you're a consequentialist and are deliberating about whether to have an abortion. You'd see what you ought to do as determined by this question:

{ 1 }

{ 2 }

If you're an egoist, you're just concerned about the consequences on yourself.

If you're a utilitarian, you're concerned about the total consequences on everyone affected by the action.

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