ETHC 3P82 Lecture Notes - Blaise Pascal, United States, Homeless Shelter
12 Mar 2013
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Course objectives: to examine & improve our understanding of, 2 basic streams of thought. Ethics is founded on the other three areas of philosophy. Metaphysics: asks what are the ultimate explanatory principles of all there is?" describes the furniture" of the universe some examples of metaphysical principles: atoms, matter and spirit (like body and soul or earth and heaven) Asks what ultimately are human beings?" or what is the human essence?". Are we initiating our actions or doing what is set up in our dna?) Asks what is knowledge?" or how do we know what we know?". In ethics the theories from metaphysics, theory of human nature and theory of knowledge (epistemology) pass into action or practical use. Some vocabulary: is / ought distinction two completely different concepts: how are, the adjectives moral and ethical things vs. how should they be.
