PHIL 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Arun Shourie, Arche, Normative Ethics
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If i can see it and feel it we believe it must be real. That the theory of knowledge has to come before. What ethical theories can be justified from good and bad. *now we would appeal to what is natural and scientific. Seek to the origins of things, discover the source. He said that the arche is water. Was charged with corrupting the young of athens and worshipping false gods. Most of socrates knowings were written from plato. Soren kierkegaard father of contemporary philosophy contemporary = may 19 1838 at 10:30 am. Body and soul, we must show respects for persons. Setting up rules or norms for conduct. Psychological egoism : as a matter of fact i do what is in my own best interest. Ethical egoism : i should or ought to do what is in my own best interest. This is a value statement not a statement of fact.