POLSC401: Ethics and Public Policy

2.4: The Utilitarian Approach

• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Walter Sinnott-Armstrong's "Consequentialism" URL

  Read this article on the approach in which consequences matter in decision-making.

• Santa Clara University: Manuel Velasquez, Claire Andre, Thomas Shanks, S.J. and Michael J. Meyer's "Calculating Consequences: The Utilitarian Approach to Ethics" URL

  Read this article on the Utilitarian Approach.

• Jeremy Bentham's "Principles of Morals and Legislation (1780)" URL

  Read this excerpt from Jeremy Bentham.

• John Stuart Mill's "Utilitarianism (1863)" URL

  Read this excerpt from John Stuart Mill.

• Harvard University: Michael Sandel's "Putting a Price Tag on Life/How to Measure Pleasure" Page

  Watch this lecture.

• Lander University: Lee Archie and John G. Archie's "Introduction to Ethical Studies: An Open Source Reader" URL

  Read Part V, Chapter 25.