PHL217H1 Lecture : PHL217H1-4
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Truth as public reasons goal and as society"s precondition. The concern for truthfulness as a virtue was part of his concern for preserving these intellectual pursuits. Last time we talked about kant"s what is enlightenments pursuit of truth, and if it is justifiable, if claims of truth are justifiable in certain conditions. Today we are not concerned with public truths as a goal. The question today pertains to a kind of truth that is a precondition of society. Theres a basic distinction between the two types of truths. The key passage that should be noted is on page 612 of the reading. Truthfulness in statements that one cannot avoid is aand although i indeed do no wrong to himi nevertheless do wrong in general by such falsification kant"s ethics are often dismissed as being fundamentally flawed. The feelings that kant couldn"t be right about this because murder is worst than a lie.