POLS 250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Cass Sunstein, Kantian Ethics, Autonomous Agent
4 Apr 2016
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The maxims of public sense : 1. Don"t be led by others (milgram experimen) Don"t give in to the societal pressures to conform (asch. Being an autonomous agent means taking control of your cognitive functions and being critical. Extremism: when in debate with likeminded people, policies move towards the left or the right more than the opinions of the individuals solely. Limited argument pool oil sands people who have an environmental focus wont consider the economic perspective: 2. To think from the standpoint of everyone else. Go beyond your own self-interest and limited perspective. Useful perspective in debate and critical thinking. Something like the oil sands has an economic perspective, and environmental perspective, etc. Devil"s advocate as necessary challenge thought: 3. This is a never ending task a desire to make our beliefs coherent . Reason does not dictate our ultimate ends (instrumental view of rationality: kant: Can"t be based on desires/passions (these could be immoral!)
