PHILOS 2YY3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Normative Ethics, Meta-Ethics
8 Apr 2015
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End notes lectures readings : should be done before class tutorials /participation : will be graded. Essay : 40% - you will be graded for peer review / reflection. Use mcmaster email, put 2yy3 in the subject line whether it"s to the prof or the ta. Normative ethics nature and status of moral judgements. Or is it all just subjective and relative justifying moral principles/values/frameworks for evaluating moral judgements. Normative (prescriptive): how things should be acts consequences (not just what did happen, but maybe what could have happened?) character (emulate good people - we should try to be more like a person we think is good) Motives or intentions (some people think what really matters are things that they can control: eg. motives - if. I had good intentions and something went bad, it shouldn"t be considered wrong. Even if you didn"t hurt someone, if you have an intention to then it"s still wrong)
