PHLB09H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Deontological Ethics, Subjectivism, Kantianism
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Laws may be wrong, but however they must be abided by. The philosophical practise of ethics poses the following sorts of questions about our morality: Ethics: the systematic study of morality; the study of concepts and theoretical justification involved in practical reasoning or reasoning meant to be applied to govern individual behaviour . Applied ethics: considers the application of principles to specific contexts eg should. Morality is the system of rules that are instrumental to human flourishing. Is the views that an individual decides what to do according to his own conscious because all individuals are equally right and no one is wrong. What is morally correct is up to the individual. As a matter of taste or preference i love spinach vs i hate spinach . Eg gambling might be right for you, but not for me . A majority in the individual culture, society, or country decides what is morally correct.
