ETHC 3P82 Lecture Notes - John Stuart Mill, Invisible Hand, Economic History
12 Mar 2013
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Monday, jan 25: a first look at the nature of business and its. Business ethics: the study of moral right and wrong ( actions) and of moral good and evil ( result) as they apply to business actions and to the result of business actions. Thesis: the author"s position/point/conclusion (what he"s trying to prove: may be told in the beginning, end or not directly at all, every position paper entails a thesis. 2: all greek males were human beings (t) (premise) The conclusion follows from the premises: if the premises are true, then the conclusion must be true. 4: therefore, einstein was an exceptionally intelligent human being. The conclusion (4) does not follow from the premises ( exceptionally") Example 3: another bad argument: einstein was a european (t, all europeans are exceptionally stupid human beings (f, therefore, einstein was an exceptionally stupid human being (f) In any of the premises is false, then the conclusion has not been proven.
