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What was Hume's/ Utilitarian view on Natural Law?
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-skeptical
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Hume was an Empiricist
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-based theory on observations of regularities in the universe-"reason has nothing to do with what we know, but we know things b.c we are exposed to regularities in nature"
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Hume on Reason
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-reason = motivated by passion-passion drives reason
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Hume on Morality
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-no right or wrong answer b.c it is relative-morality = relative to particular community-don't know morality until experimentation
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Hume on Rights
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-liberals believe in existence of nat rights
-utilitarians question their existence, cant be proven |
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Hume on the Social Contract
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-liberals favor the contract to protect rights
-utils. reject contract, laws may actually force ppl to do certain things in the interest of the community-utils. see the "social state" as a "collective", not individual choice |
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Utilitarianism
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-act for the greatest good for the greatest number-pleasure is only thing good-pain is the only thing bad-all actions are right if they promote happiness, pleasure, freedom
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Act Utilitarianism
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-the rightness or wrongness of an action is judged by its consequences-right promotes happiness
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Rule Utilitarianism
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The rightness or wrongness of and action is to be judged by the goodness or badness of the consequences of a rule that everyone should perform in like circumstances
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