PHIL 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Cultural Relativism, Rule Utilitarianism, Theism
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A(cid:455)i(cid:374)g (cid:449)hat is(cid:374)"t t(cid:396)ue- (cid:455)ou (cid:272)ould (cid:271)e (cid:449)(cid:396)o(cid:374)g, (cid:271)ei(cid:374)g (cid:449)(cid:396)o(cid:374)g is(cid:374)"t l(cid:455)i(cid:374)g. When you lie you: make an assertion, intend to make someone believe your assertion, believe your assertion is false. An assertion that us belive to be false with the intention that another person belive that the assertion is true. Ethics is a branch of philosophy that examines what it mean for something to be good or evil. Theoretical ethicist allk at the frameworlss behind rhtical decions making. We will be looking at tensions between some different frameworks. 2. deontology (immanuel kamnt) is it consistent with raionaltiy. Two other ethical frameowrks: cultural relativism depends on cultutr, theological voluntarions, what is cultural relativism (cr) What (cid:272)ou(cid:374)ts as (cid:862)good(cid:863) o(cid:396) (cid:862)e(cid:448)il(cid:863) is (cid:396)elati(cid:448)e to (cid:272)ultu(cid:396)e. There is no ethical framework that transcends cuktutres to explain good and evil. So what is good in toronto in 2017 might be widlt different what was good in athens in 400 bce.
