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Utilitarianism and politics

May 2, 2014 by Peter Holding

 Summary: However applicable utilitarianism is to the development or assessment of ethics and public policy, in the end, it probably adds little to successful navigation of the political process. In 2010 Professor Peter Singer delivered an oration to the Institute of Public Administration Australia (IPAA). His topic was ‘Ethics & Public Policy’. Professor Singer advocated a […]

Filed Under: philosophy, politics Tagged With: Climate change, difficulty in predicting consequences, Kant, Peter Singer, pink batts scheme, Rawls, Utilitarianism and the political process