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philosophy means
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love of wisdom
thinking about thinking qust for truth for wisdom fundamental questions of reality goal: systematic worldview |
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moral philsophy is ethics
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study of values and customs of a preson or group
analysis of concepts * right and wrong *good and evil *reponsibility |
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metaphysics
BEYOND NATURE |
study or theory of reality being an dknowing, study of existence
* is the world real or an illusion study of what makes life meaningful |
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epistoemology branches off into
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rationalism & empiricism
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define epistemology
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theory of knowledge
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define reationalism
a priori; prior to exp |
view that knowledge comes from operations of reason NOT experience
logic |
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define empiricism
a posterori; from what follows, dependent on exp |
view that all knowledge dervies from sense experience
use science acq by senses |
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define ethics
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study of fquestions of right and wrong
ow we should behave and treat others |
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ethics; consequentialism
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goodness or badness of consequenses of an action determines whether the action is good/right or bad/wrong morally
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deontological ethics
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rightness of action is not determined on teh basis of the consequences of action; action matters, motive/intention
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what are other areas of philosophy
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social and political phil: study of social issues
aesthetics or philospy of art: study of nature of beauty and waht art is tules and critical thinking: rules of correctreasoning phil of God, religion, sci. law |
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place and time, beginning of western phil
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Miletus, in Ionia, the Greek colony on the SW coast of Asia Minor-- now Turkey and athens in 5th & 4th cent
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wonder
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curiosity, pursuit of knowledge for own sake
thought or use of reason "scientific" systematic form of investigation |
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myth to logos
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move away from mythical explanations of reality
b4 there were religious explanations of natural phenomenon |
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role of illiad and odyssey
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main texts to educate greeks
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myths
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1. stories about persons or gods/society/culture
2. offer explanations but no justification 4 explanations 3. can be more than one explanation |
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MATERIALISTS
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focused on matter, material world, answer basic questions baotu relatiy, no religion
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logos
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reason
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THALES
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1st philosopher, also an astronomer
thougth water was source |
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AMAXINADER
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believed that the source and basic element of things are infinity
theory of evolution, life appeared in water and humans evolved from fish/like creatures |
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THE SOPHISTS
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"those who are wise"
contrast to philooshoers, relativists denying abolute truths educators charging fees for services |
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Sophists emphasized solutions to practical problms
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not philosophical inquires abotu reality
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the sophists taught rhetoric
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art of writing and speaking effectivly
accused of teaching insincere language to get best out of an argument- even if arg was weak |
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sophsits rep
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came to mean something BAD
manuplated ppl, not dealing w/ issues straight |
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PROTAGORAS
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sophist
"mean is the measure of things" no absolute principles of goodness, beautiy, truth, justice relative to views of ppl/cultre men set standards, measured dependent on coircumstance and situation |
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SOCRATES
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*turned focus of philosophical analysis to ethical questions
emphasis: examination of one's beliefs question beleifs and expose false ones GADFLY |
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SOCRATIC METHOD/DIALECTIC/S
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-form of dialogue, a question and answer method involving exchanges and analyses of opinion/beliefs, testing provisional def to establish the truth of basic concepts
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goal of socratic method
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establish right definition and descovery of enduring principles--aiming at clarification, not always answers or refection of false beliefs
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aim of moral theory
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providing a decision procedure for making correct moral judgementgs and theoretical aim of providing moral critical that explani the underlying nature of morality
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SIX desiperata/characteristics
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1. consistency
2, determinary 3. intuitive appeal 4. internal support 5. explanatory power 6. eternal support |
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CONSISTENCY
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a moral theory should be consistent that its principles, together with factual info yield consistant moral verdicts about the morality of actrions, ersons, and other objects of moral evaluation
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DETERMINARY
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must be clear and not vague
essential to be moral must feature: belief about moarlity, our considered moral beliefs, our nonmoral beliefs and assumptions |
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INTUITIVE APPEAL
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a moral theory should develop and make sense of various intuitively appealing belifs and ideas abotu morality
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INTERNAL SUPPORT
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relevan factual info
strong support implies belif |
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EXPLANATORY POWER
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a moral theory attempts to discover not only moral principles that logically imply our considered moral belifs BUT ALSO principles that explain what it is about actions that makes them right or wrong
matter of degree, look at situation |
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EXTERNAL SUPPORT
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way they are NOT what they should be
establishes beliefs and assumptions |
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normative ethics falls under ethics and it
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attempts to answer MORAL questions
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metaethics falls under ethics and
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attempts to answer NON moral questions about morality, technical things
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moral theory falls under normative ethics
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general moral questions
what to do, how to be |
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applied ethics falls under normative ethics
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specific moral questions about abortion, animals, environment, violence, sex, death penalty etc
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moral semantics falls under metaethics
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qeustions about the meaning of moral statements
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moral metaphysics falls under metaethics
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question about the nature and existence of oral facts
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moral epistemology falls under metaetchis
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questions about knowledge and justification of moral statements
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moral theory
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attempts to discover true or correct moral principles AND justifies or proves moral principles
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moral principle
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receives WEAK internal support when the principle is emrely consistent w/ considered moral beliefs
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moral rule
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less general than a principle and states that some specific type of action is right or wrong
specif: raise hand more general: equality which is a principle |
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Nonmoral actions or events:
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those areas of interest where moral categories cannot be applied.
b. For example, wondering whether one should eat grapefruit, wear socks of a specific shade of color, or part your hair on the left side of the head are all usually considered nonmoral issues. Yet there are circumstances where such actions could have moral consequences. |
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Immoral actions
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those areas of interest where moral categories do apply and of are such a kind as to be evil, sinful, or wrong according to some code or theory of ethics.
a. Telling a lie is c.p. an immoral action. b. An immoral action then can be defined as a violation of a rule or code of ethics. c. Strictly speaking, on the one hand, an action could be considered immoral on the basis of one rule, code, or theory and, on the other hand, be considered moral or even nonmoral on another rule, code, or theory. Such examples are common from the point of view of sociological or moral relativism. |
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Amoral actions
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those areas of interest exhibiting indifference to and not abiding by the moral rules or codes of society.
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amoral
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a. Note that an amoral action by one person could be considered nonmoral (or even immoral) by a specific society, depending upon the moral code of the society.
1. If I tell a lie without concern for the moral concepts of a society of what is good and bad, then c.p. I have acted amorally. (Notice how such a view makes the use of "amoral" intentional.) 2. For example, a sociopath, sometimes called a person without a conscience, and a very young child are called "amoral" because such people have no feeling or understanding of the concepts of right and wrong. b. If I tell a lie without concern for the moral rules of society and it is a "white" lie and "white" lies are permissible in that society, then I am actually acting amorally. Nevertheless, my action is considered to be by the rules of that society nonmoral or morally permissible. c. The "white" lie told in a society where such actions are against the moral code would be considered an immoral action and would be called "wrong." d. It should be noted that "amoral" is sometimes used in ordinary language in the same way that "nonmoral" is used. Many dictionaries indicate the terms are synonymous. E.g., the American Heritage Dictionary (4th ed. 2000) defines "unmoral" as "1. Having no moral quality; amoral. 2. Unrelated to moral or ethical considerations; nonmoral." e. In this course, based on the reasons stated above, the distinction between "amoral" and "nonmoral" is observed. |
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define reasoning
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process of drawing inferences of reaching a conclusion from a set of premises
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define argument
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a set of one ormore premises plus a conclusion drawn form them
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types of arguments or reasoning
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inductive and deductive
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define logic
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study of methods and principles by which we distinguish correct from incorrect reasonin
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if an argument is deductive and the reasoining in it is correct, the argument is _______-
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valid
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define valid deductive argument
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one twhose conclusino follws necessarily from the premises
premises are true, conclusion MUST be true as well necessarily truth preserving |
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define sound
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valid arguments having only true premises
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define sound argument
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guarantee the truth of their conslusions
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define cogent
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strong inductive argument w/ only true premises
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goal of deduction
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truth of premises guarantee truth of conclusion
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chars of deduction
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demonstrative; conclusion already contained in the premises (doesn’t go beyond it);
conclusion follows necessarily from the premises |
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validity
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Deductive logic (the connection or relation btwn conclusion and premise/s): it
applies to the argument as a whole: the argument is valid or invalid. Whether there’s a relationship btwn the premises or conclusion |
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truth
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The term applies to propositions or statements. Be concerned with the truth of
the premises. TRUTH PRESERVING. All premises are true -> conclusion must be true |
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Soundness
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validity and truth: valid arguments with true premises
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Induction
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Probability; truth of premise does not guarantee truth of conclusion; if premises are true, conclusion may still be false.
Amplifying: conclusion goes beyond premises—generalizing |