Open Forum: Aiming for the Best Consequences: A Case for Utilitarianism

Utilitarianism is an approach to ethics that the best actions are the ones that promote good things as pleasure, happiness or well-being while reducing pain and suffering. Utilitarianism always aims to attain the best consequences for the greatest number.

Peter Singer will be speaking on whether utilitarianism can be proved, including the role of intuitions, and  will be responding to some common objections.

Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek will then be speaking on what the utilitarian goal should be, considering various possibilities before arguing that it should be pleasure.

The aim of this forum is ultimately to create a dialogue between the speakers and the audience. And by the end of the event, participants will appreciate that utiliarianism has a valuable role in modern moral decisions and irrespective of whether one holds other ethical beliefs and reasoning.

Peter Singer becomes well-known internationally after the publication Animal Liberation. He is the Ira W.Decamp…