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Is there an ultimate moral principle that we should live by? If so, what is it? Some philosophers argue that the Principle of Utility is the ultimate moral principle; others argue that the Categorical Imperative is. Is either of these theories correct?
Unit 5: Readings
Mill, John Stuart. “Excerpt from Ch. 2: What Utilitarianism Is.” In Utilitarianism, 8–17. Longmans, Green, reprinted from Fraser’s Magazine, 1879.
Kant, Excerpt from Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
Kant, Immanuel, and H. J Paton. “Formula of Universal Law, Canon of Moral Judgment, Formula of the End in Itself, Formula of Autonomy.” In Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals, 88–98. New York: Harper Perennial Modern Thought, 2009.
Unit 5: Power Point Slides