PHL 302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Monism, G2 Phase, Relativism
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Morality- what we do based on cultural values. What is studied it is the study of what is right and wrong. Levels of moral response: opinion, expressive (gut-reaction, natural reaction to things. Someone punch you, you will scream in pain: conventional (pre-reflective, you tend to say something but never thought of it, eg. Saying stealing is wrong but when someone asked why, you don"t have any solid good reason: views (philosophy, reflective, justified, consistent. You thought about it, you have reasons about it, you have proof about it. Supported by reasons (premises: reasons that are provided to convince you to take the reason/argument, don"t judge, first understand, do not begin by evaluating the conclusion, begin by identifying the reasons and the conclusions. You look at the reasons as well not just the conclusion. Structure of philosophy arguments: premises, premises, premises. Sometimes there are sub-conclusions but the conclusion only focus on 2.