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Maximization = maximize the good consequences, go for the best.

10 questions are cumulative

look at final quiz for tricky question

• know which person is for which position
o HAG is for death penalty

cateogorical imperative is golden rule + rationality

a priori – prior to experience

know big picture of kant – remember basic picture of kant

most people are objectivimist not relativists

start with utilitliatarianism, start with FAMINE RELIEF!!!!

• singer is both
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logic = soundness and valility
slippery slopes and loose cannon euthanasia are both fallacies

pros and cons of social contract theory

• con – hard to see why its diff than cultural relativism
 • pro- says why we enter civil society, and what it amounts to. Nice
attempt to figure out what moral looked like when we started and
hwo to get back there. Nice humanitarian

know difference between cult relat and social contract theory for essay
• same basic idea – different cultures/contracts in diff place
• but way of developing the cultures/contracts is based on the plus
factor, rationality, true nature rather than

locke – over throw government if they do something wrong, justify

American revolution

what principles the authors are envoking

• great immoral benefit principal  singer
• entitlement principal  Narveson
who uses what principals and how they argue basically
• rachels – when discussing euthanasia, uses the utilitarian
argument, take interest of everyone and not violate rights
• doorfinger –
know name of type of argument
• loose cannons and slippery slopes – same arguments, but call them
different things.
o Slippery slope- uyou wont be able to start
o Loose cannon – if you just have this thing out there, it will go
off in a different way.

Haag and the death penalty – know which side the people take