PHI 2183 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Philosophical Anthropology, Deliberative Democracy, Glaucon
22 Jan 2014
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Recap: glaucon and adeimantus: morality by convention game-strategic rationality. Examine human nature philosophical anthropology both factual (anthropos has logos) and politiok (gregarious) and evaluative: the telos of anthropos is to live according to the ar te (both moral and intellectual virtues) Is it realistic for modern societies: hobbes" doctrine, atomism. Moral subjectivism (relativism) and conventionalism (gauthier: morals by agreement . 14 strategic self-interest: rights and liberties all men have a right to everything in the state of nature (no political state), or liberty: (no moral duties not: everyone has a duty not to interfere) ch. 14: equality anyone can kill anyone ch. 1 all men are created equal: believes that there are no moral duties so long as there is no state, hobbes does not presume any moral duties, hobbes" argument: In so doing, they give up with right to everything and transfer all rights to the sovereign.
