Religious Studies 1022A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Dog Fighting, Hot Dog, Consequentialism
20 Jan 2017
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A problem puts us into a this state. What is constituents of water of particles that aren"t wet. We can rationally solve this-- no longer mysterious. Experts wont converge to come up with a solution -- to much disagreement. This does not mean there is no truth to the matter. Can you agree with one and disagree with another. Case 1: button pushing case (kill 5 or 1) Case 2: person pushing push fatter person over the bridge to save the 5. To reason is to put forth an argument. Is a set of statements some of which, the premises, are intended to persuade evidential support another (the conclusion) All men must die, socrates is a man - therefore, socrates must die. You can have good arguments, without having a correct conclusion and vice versa. One of its premises will have normative content (what to do and what not to do) Has to do with descriptions of the world.
