Question
With another philosopher, Bernard Williams wrote a book in which they each argue opposing stances for this system. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this consequentialist system of ethics that promotes “the greatest happiness for the greatest number” according to Jeremy Bentham.
ANSWER: utilitarianism
[10m] Williams was critical of both utilitarianism and Kantian ethics, the latter of which he attacked by introducing this concept. Thomas Nagel expanded on Williams in an essay regarding this concept, in which chance affects ethical judgments.
ANSWER: moral luck [prompt on luck]
[10h] Ninian, a thinker with this last name, coined the term “negative utilitarianism.” Ninian’s brother with this last name, J. J. C., wrote Utilitarianism: For and Against with Williams.
ANSWER: Smart [accept Roderick Ninian Smart or John Jamieson Carswell Smart]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Winter at UC Berkeley | 2024-11-16 | Y | 3 | 23.33 | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh | 2024-11-16 | Y | 7 | 15.71 | 100% | 43% | 14% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern | 2024-11-16 | Y | 7 | 11.43 | 71% | 29% | 14% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State | 2024-11-16 | Y | 6 | 11.67 | 100% | 17% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Online | 2024-11-16 | Y | 8 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Central Florida | 2024-11-16 | Y | 5 | 14.00 | 100% | 20% | 20% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Oxford | 2024-11-16 | Y | 10 | 14.00 | 100% | 40% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Brandeis | 2024-11-16 | Y | 10 | 15.00 | 100% | 30% | 20% |
Data
| A Brandeis Supreme | Amherst A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Clark A | Bowdoin A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Diamond Brandeis | BU B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Harvard A | Carabrandeis | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Tufts A | Northeastern A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Tufts B | MIT A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Williams A | Bowdoin B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Yale A | Brandeises Brew | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Yale B | Boston University A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Brown A | Yale C | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |