PHL105Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Divine Command Theory
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If an action is moral, then one ought to do it. And yet, one need not do what one ought to do: ex. You ought to tell the truth but people still lie: ex. Morality tells you to help the poor, but many don"t. Do you have any reason to do what you morally ought to do: one"s upbringing does not give people a reason to be moral, the law does not always give people a reason to act morally. Check out philip foot article: hypothetical ought , ex. You ought to catch the train to aldershot. If you have the goal to go to the oakville station, you have a reason to catch the train and ought to catch the train. You ought to do a, because it is a means to achieving your goal: non-hypothetical ought , ex. You don"t have to have some goal for it to occur.
