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   * Most influential variety of consequentialism.   * Most influential variety of consequentialism.
  
-| Basis of Utilitariansim | Ask what has intrinsic value and assess the consequences of an action in terms of intrinsically valuable things |+| Basis of Utilitarianism | Ask what has intrinsic value and assess the consequences of an action in terms of intrinsically valuable things |
 | Instrumental and Intrinsic Value | **Instrumental Value**: A thing has only instrumental value if it is only valuable for what it may get you (e.g., money). \\ **Intrinsic Value**: A thing has intrinsic value if you value it for itself (i.e., you would value it even if it brought you nothing else. | | Instrumental and Intrinsic Value | **Instrumental Value**: A thing has only instrumental value if it is only valuable for what it may get you (e.g., money). \\ **Intrinsic Value**: A thing has intrinsic value if you value it for itself (i.e., you would value it even if it brought you nothing else. |
 | What has intrinsic value? | For utilitarians: **Only happiness has intrinsic value!** | What has intrinsic value? | For utilitarians: **Only happiness has intrinsic value!**
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 == The Categorical Imperative == == The Categorical Imperative ==
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 +| First version | Act only according to that maxim [i.e., rule] whereby you can at the same time will that it become a universal law. |
 +| Second version | Act in such a way that you treat humanity, whether in your own person or in the person of another, always at the same time as an end and never simply as a means.\\\\ -> Important to treat people as autonomous agents. |
 +| Third version | (Not important here, just for completeness) Every rational being must so act as if [they] were through his maxim always a lawmaking member in the universal kingdom of ends. |
  
   * Influential in arguments for human rights.   * Influential in arguments for human rights.
   * Informed consent   * Informed consent
   * Value the autonomy of individuals.   * Value the autonomy of individuals.
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 ==== Problems ==== ==== Problems ====
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