PHIL 2615 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Brain, Eando Binder, Speciesism
8 Feb 2018
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5 definitions (one sentence, say what it is, second sentence example) Non cognitivism the view that moral judgements have no truth value. Short answer (choice): 2 out of 4, small contained questions. Short essay/application: a case where you apply a theory of theories, opinion. Deontological: duty based, it doesn"t stress results. The way that you can know if you"re doing your duty is if the results are bad. Extrinsic: valuable as a means to an end. The only thing that is extrinsically valuable is human persons. He thought that animals were extrinsically valuable. You use things but you never use people because they are ends of themselves. Everyone one on kant"s view poses equal, intrinsic worth or value, dignity. There is one moral principle: the categorical imperative. This is a command to all of us, its just there, it tells us how we should behave on a moral. He"s writing in the late 1700s and he"s a philosopher, he"s german.
