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Session 3

Inter-session tasks to be completed before session 4.

  1. Read Skrabec (2003) (given out in the session).
  2. Read the article "A new take on what not to wear" by Cohen (given out in the session).
  3. Do some reading on Utilitarianism, eg chapter 2 in Boatright.
  4. Read Stephen Law on Aunt Gertude's hideous tie (given out in the session).
  5. Reflect on the discussion in session 3.
  6. Re-read the Friedman article if you didn't really get on top of it last week.
  7. Make a log entry and look out for examples of ethical arguments being used in connection with the issue(s) you've spotted. Think about how ethical theories might be applied to the issue(s).

Resources

Powerpoint slides Utilitarianism primer
www.utilitarianism.org  
   

"Philosophers should consider the fact that the greatest happiness principle can easily be made an excuse for a benevolent dictatorship. We should replace it by a more modest and more realistic principle / the principle that the fight against avoidable misery should be a recognized aim of public policy, while the increase of happiness should be left, in the main, to private initiative." - Popper