PHL275H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Incest
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If it is a relation of idea, the same relation would result in the same moral verdict. When we observe a vicious action, we cannot find vice in the action. We find passions, actions, etc. , but nothing that we can call vice . We only find a sentiment of disapprobation in us. Pleasure so soft and gentle that is often confused with reason. Accroding the hume, in feeling a certain pleasure in someone"s character, we feel that they are virtuous. Moral judgements are in this respect like judgment of beauty and taste. This kind of pleasure arise only from contemplation of action and chatacter. And only when contemplating them from a general point of view. Mary steals candy from babies to give it to larry who loves candies. Larry does not think that mary is virtuous because, contemplating mary"s character from a general point of view will not give him pleasure. When evalutating an action we"re interested in the motives.
