PHIL 0450 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Rational Agent

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Archimidean point the point to begin rationalization some idea of rational agency or action: we are agents who have choices, should we choose to life ethically, rational agency from which to begin: Rational agent with the kinds of interests that humans are typical to have. However, there could be other rational agents: need to capitalize on what the audience already believes needs to be a pragmatic argument whether it successfully addresses the addressee. General worry for aristotle"s attempt to justify: the ethical life as artistotle portrays it is very culturally specific so how could he have done so as an independent rational agent ex. Some of the things we consider virtues are not included in aristotle"s argument. How could you make a non-culturally specific argument for an ethical life from a culturally specific context: there is no way a human could deliberate apart from their own character dispositions.

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