PHI 1370 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: John Stuart Mill, Jeremy Bentham, Consequentialism
22 Mar 2016
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Rise of impericism: unreliable local resources coupled with advances seafaring skills propelled the english towards explorations and colonialism . Encountering different cultures constantly reminded the english of the discoverable aspect of life environment and he conditions of life inform the ways of thinking. British isles were distinct, clear independence from continental europe. Scientific revolution: progress was possible through observation, experiencem and experiments. Navigation of the earth, theories of gravity and celestial movements. Invention of the steam digester, the forerunner of the steam engine. Better understanding of the body and medicine. Impericism: knowledge arises through observation, experience, sensation physical presence. Evidence is the support in scientific reasoning. Ethical empiricism: good and evil are not formal, abstract concepts but directly keyed to the immediate evidence of sensation (good and evil i. e. pleasure and pain) The good and evil are nothing more than philosophical words for the measurable sensations of pleasure and pain .
