Robert Audi, The Ethical Significance of Cost-Benefit Analysis In Business and the Professions

This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th Century American philosopher Robert Audi's article, "The Ethical Significance of Cost Benefit Analysis".

It focuses specifically on his discussion of utilitarianism as a ethical theory, which makes cost-benefit analysis central to moral theory, decision-making, prioritization, and evaluation.

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Robert Audi, Ethical Significance Of Cost-Benefit Analysis - Utilitarianism And Cost-Benefit

This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th Century American philosopher Robert Audi's article, "The Ethical Significance of Cost Benefit Analysis".

It focuses specifically on several problems with adopting a utilitarian point of view in ethics, using cost-benefit analysis.  Several of these problems, Audi argues, would be an issue for other ethical theories or approaches.

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Robert Audi, Ethical Significance Of Cost-Benefit Analysis - Problems With Utilitarianism

This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th Century American philosopher Robert Audi's article, "The Ethical Significance of Cost Benefit Analysis".

It focuses specifically on his contention that an ethical theory that would seemingly have nothing to do with using cost-benefit analysis, namely Kant's deontological ethics, could and should make use of that approach to some extent.  Audi argues that Kantian ethics is not as divorced from consequences as it is often presented as being, and that cost-benefit analysis can help where there are conflicts between principles or assessing probabilities

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Robert Audi, Ethical Significance Of Cost-Benefit Analysis - Kantian Ethics

This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th Century American philosopher Robert Audi's article, "The Ethical Significance of Cost Benefit Analysis".

It focuses specifically on whether virtue ethics, typically not associated with cost-benefit analysis, should incorporate that approach as a tool.  Audi argues that virtue ethics can use cost benefit analysis in three ways. One of these is to determine how to deal with conflicts between what virtues require.  Another is as a way to make prudential decisions. A third is within the scope of the virtue of justice

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Robert Audi, The Ethical Significance Of Cost-Benefit Analysis - Virtue Ethics

This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th Century American philosopher Robert Audi's article, "The Ethical Significance of Cost Benefit Analysis".

It focuses specifically on his last discussion in the piece, which focuses on whether cost-benefit analysis can be useful for what he calls "pluralistic" ethics, which is his own preferred moral approach.

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Robert Audi, The Ethical Significance Of Cost-Benefit Analysis - Pluralistic Ethics

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Robert Audi, The Ethical Significance Of Cost-Benefit Analysis - Pluralistic Ethics

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