Perspective Faculties

After reviewing the required readings, please reflect upon and address the following question(s):

According to Bentham, the intended consequence of a person’s action depends on two things. What are they? What is meant by “perspective faculties”?

Your response must be between 300 and 600 words. In addition, required resources must be cited in Chicago style within the composition both within text and within the bibliography

REQUIRED READINGS

Bentham, Jeremy. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation [1789], Blackwell, 2003, ch. 1, 5. Accessed May 1, 2016. http://www.earlymoderntexts.com/assets/pdfs/bentham1780.pdf.

Harris, John. “The Survival Lottery”, Philosophy, vol.50, (1975): 81-87. Accessed May 1, 2016. http://history.as.uky.edu/sites/default/files/The%20Survival%20Lottery%20-%20John%20Harris.pdf.

Singer, Peter. Practical Ethics, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2nd ed., 1993. Accessed May 1, 2016. http://www.stafforini.com/txt/Singer%20-%20Practical%20ethics.pdf

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According to Betham and Jeremy, What an individual intends to be the consequences of an action he/she performs, depends on the state of the intention about the act and the state of understanding, also known as perspective faculties. This means that whatever a person wants to achieve as the consequence of an action he/she is doing, depends on his/her view about the action and how he/she understands the consequence…

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