PHIL215 Lecture : All module notes (1-10).doc
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Definitions of core terms: ethics how you should live your life, the values and ideals that apply to our actions. Justice how should social institutions be shaped: vital social institutions that have a huge impact on how we get treated: Legal system who gets to make all the decisions (decision making process) Economic organization how the economy is organized and its core ground rules. Said that what makes human beings unique from animals is. Rationality this gives us the capacity for reason which brings us to asking the question of ethics: how should i live my life. Reason it to the best of your ability achieve a goal and realize an end. Theoretical doesn"t concern us in an ethics class: science, mathematics, formal logic. Practical does concern us in an ethics class: the application of reason, to life in general and more importantly - to an individual"s, how can i exhibit rationality in my actions? actions.