PHL 603 Lecture 4: CPHL 603 Lecture 4
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Write journal due 5pm next thursday (500 word limit) Hume our actions are led by passion and rationalism: universal that people help each other. Freedom what i can hold on to. Family first impression of society (dictatorship in the beginning: family relations are of necessity. Justice we give up some of our freedom in exchange for protection of other things: it is the laws that everyone agrees to. When we intervene, it means that people believe one is right and wrong. People don"t like being told what is right and wrong. As individuals and in society, we should do everything we can to bring this about. To guide people"s actions toward good outcomes (consequence orientated) end, not means. We don"t need it individually but usually when we are working in a group. The road to hell is paid by good intentions . Act to produce the greatest quantity of good for the largest quantity of people.