PP224 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Hypothetical Imperative, Moral Relativism, Contractualism
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Module 1: introduction to philosophical ethics. Lesson 1: the nature of philosophical ethics. Jones then seeks to justify his behavior, and this means that he has taken the first key step of philosophical ethics. In philosophical ethics we seek rational justification of proposed courses of action. Descriptive ( is statements: make claims about the way the world is, was, or will be. I will arrive at 5:30 sharp . Temperature is mean kinetic energy . The prime minister is misguided . One feature they all share is that they are truth functional. That is, every one of them is either true or false. I should get dressed before noon . You should try not to laugh when g. w. The state has no place in the bedrooms of the nation (trudeau) Ethics is concerned above all with normative statements. This is not to say that descriptive statements are irrelevant to it, however.
