PP110 Lecture Notes - Meta-Ethics, Feminist Ethics, Applied Ethics
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Pp 110 overview ***know for final exam*** No accepted distinction between ethics and morality: however, philosophers haves come to use the terms in the. Ethics: purpose, meaning, of life, what is it to lead a good life , what does it mean for it to be a good purpose. Morality: subspecies of ethics our relationship between us, animals, people, etc. Morality: deals with relationship of people (specific) Philosophy look at the traditional: ethics. Ex of question: question of right and wrong: metaphysics. Ontology questions about reality (what is really real?) How do you distinct illusion? (illusion vs. reality) Many senses to asking what is real: logic/ formal thinking. Concerns those kinds of principals that are critical when we are talking to each other. Cannot have contradiction cannot say/assert both things at the same time: theories of knowledge (epistemology) Questions concerning ethics different culture, different moral codes (different right and wrong)
