On the other hand, Peter Singer (see Singer, 1976 and 1985) has consistently argued
for a utilitarian ethic that includes all animal life.
Not exact matches
From the standpoint of
utilitarian ethics, triage is the most moral option
for making such medical selections.
The challenge to the church is to tap its tradition
for those practices that will enable people to move beyond the
utilitarian ethic of our individualistic,
Deontological and
utilitarian theories can be seen as different versions of an
ethics of duty wherein one is supposed to have a disposition to choose
for the sake of what is antecedently established as right.
Furthermore, Paley's
utilitarian ethics portrayed all living beings as having been designed
for human benefit.
My proposal was an attempt to add in a
utilitarian ethic (mandatory use of seat belts and car seats is based on a
utilitarian ethic imposed on autonomy) to assure the best outcome
for those who prefer home birth.
That is deontological,
utilitarian, justice, ecocentric, biocentric, and relationship based
ethics would not condone using scientific uncertainty as justification
for not reducing high levels of greenhouse gas emissions given what is not in dispute among mainstream climate scientists (See Brown, 2002: 141 - 148).