PHIL 296 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Reflective Equilibrium, Sentience
26 Feb 2016
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Appeals to nature: its natural to eat meat, therefore is good to eat meat, its natural for lions to eat meat, therefore its good for humans to eat meat, problems: While some things that ate natural are good, not all things that are natural are good. ex viruses, cancer, earthquakes, death. Animals do things that are natural that would not be acceptable for humans. ex. killing their young, having sex in public. Conversely, some things that are artificial are not bad: antibiotics, technology. Involves the free and rational agreement of contracting parties. We ought to go that which free and rational parties could or would have agreed to. The situation under which the agreement takes place: state of nature, original. What parties in the original position know: that their society is subject to the circumstance of justice, physical facts about human beings, moderate scarcity.
