Problem
Read Conchis's Decision in The Magus, and answer these questions.
i. How would an act-utilitarian evaluate his decision? Would an act-utilitarian think he made the correct moral choice? Why or why not?
ii. How would a rule-utilitarian evaluate his decision? Would a rule-utilitarian think he made the correct moral choice? Why or why not?
iii. Would a deontologist (a person adhering to Kant's ethics) think his action morally permissible or morally impermissible? Why?
iv. Which of these three different evaluations do you agree with most? Why?