PP110 Lecture 2: Monday Sep 8th 2014
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What is a just society: different types of ethics, meta ethics (meta means beyond). *meta ethical question: normative ethics (principles behind right and wrong , virtue ethics (not simply rules but what kind of people that we want to be, feminist ethics (bias/oppression against women) v. Indian ethics: buddhist ethics, meta physics/ontology: ethics derive from experiences. One statement, called the conclusion, is affirmed on the basis of other statements, called the premises. The premises provide reasons for believing in the conclusion.
