PHIL 249 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Deontological Ethics, Conventionalism, Eudaimonia

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 249
• Professor: Allen H.

Document Summary

Glossary january 2016: deontology/ deonic the ethics that the right acion is one that can be known as right even though it does not conform with the idea of goodness. It invesigates how knowledge came to be and the use of knowledge by humans. By studying the sensory knowledge of people: naturalist / naturalism the view that everything comes from something and has an explanaion or a cause that is within the natural world. All spiritual and supernatural reasons are not include: uilitarianism the view that acions that are beneicial to society as a whole are the right acions. Acions that promote the happiness of society are the right acions and people should conduct themselves in that manor: convenionalism the view that base principles should be conducted in a certain manor. The ordinary way everyone does something and adhering to it.