PHI 2397 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Glaucon, Selfishness, Meta-Ethics
12 Oct 2014
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Focusing on the self, the ego, the i . Virtue ethics theory about being a good person. A lot of people think that selfishness = success. Ayn rand says people should be selfish; cowardism (don"t want to sacrifice yourself for anyone. Adam smith he wrong wealth of nations says the best society is where everyone looks out. Richard dawkins wrote book called the selfish gene" for their own self interest. Selfishness and self-interest are not the same thing and you only care about yourself) Socrates is always the hero in the stories. Student of socrates and the teacher of aristotle. Wrote dialogues" having characters talking to each other; like plays but not to be performed. His most famous dialogue is called the republic a series of little books jammed into one. Can live an evil life and be cleaned easily.
