PHI: Introduction To Ethics

Running Head : ETHICAL THEORIES

Ethical Theories

An Analysis of John Stuart Mill 's Consequentialist Moral Philosophy and Immanuel Kant 's Deontological Moral Philosophy

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Ethical Theories

An Analysis of John Stuart Mill 's Consequentialist Moral Philosophy and Immanuel Kant 's Deontological Moral Philosophy

Normative ethics aims to account for the conditions that will determine whether an action is right or

wrong . It is thereby anchored on the notion of `the right ' There is however another notion which takes logical priority over this concept , that being the notion of `the good The reason for this is evident if one considers that `the good ' serves as a necessary condition for the notion of `the right ' In other words it is ultimately the notion of `the good ' which determines what is `the right ' and what is `the wrong ' in normative ethics . The similarity of ethical theories can thereby be traced to the connection between what it conceived as `the good ' and `the right ' within these theories . In other words , the similarity of ethical theories can be traced to the similarity of their logical structures wherein it is necessary to account for the notion of `the good ' before one can account for the notion of `the right ' and the notion of `the right ' is always considered to be dependent upon the notion of `the good ' In...