ARBUS202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Immanuel Kant, Non-Disclosure Agreement, Deontological Ethics
4 Mar 2016
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Capitalism: democracy and economic freedom go hand in hand economic freedom gives rise to great wealth which gives rise to political power. Constraints of justice: control of another person . Cyrus gave a prudential reason: it fits him better . What should you do? a) offer to trade b) don"t offer to trade. Prudential should : you should trade if you are simply interested in what makes. Ethical should : you should not trade if you are interested in being a good you happy (a) person (b) P: large angry man walking towards you. P: you don"t like toddler spit on your ice cream. E: this type of behaviour is inconsistent with living in civil society. Whether it is prudential or ethical will be dependant on what kind of moral theory you"re subscribing to. Happiness is the only thing we pursue for its own sake = happiness is a life well lives.
