PHLB07H3 Lecture Notes - Egotism, Psychological Egoism, Fallacy
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Justifying the norms of behaviour b/c of descriptive statements: appointing to how the world is and connecting how it ought to be is naturalistic fallacy . Cannot change "is" statements to "ought" statements: how do we get to a normative conclusion, cannot derive from ought statement to an is statement without referring to something that is normative for us. Therefore, we should state our desires first (the normative statement) (e. g. Justify our experience and arguments b/c that is how it always been or tries to make it the norm: normative premises should come from desires from yourself, e. g. Not lying b/c you want to appear honest, or you think it is immoral etc. ] Challenges to morality: all ought statements make references to our desires. Psychological egoism: people only act selfishly only motivated by my own benefit and desires. People may help others b/c it is their desire to help you, not the thought of helping others.
