PHIL 1100 Lecture 1: Week 1

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Ethical theory acts as a means of studying ethics (the why) Ethics are not the same as morals; ethics concern the study of behavior and being while morals concern the practice of doing. Doing implies the existence of a moral code (rules of right and wrong as implied by kantian ethics and deontology) However, ethics and morals both concern the nature of right and wrong, which can be further divided into: Virtues (good): if in agreement (thus implying relativism), creates an idolization of a given desirable state and a consistency of objective quality (ie. how was aristotle"s list of the best arrived at?) Philosophy as being wise (eg. experienced, insightful - knowing when we"re wrong and what we don"t know, thinking about assumptions) Philosophy literally means love of wisdom , implying a degree of wisdom about everything (ie. every culture has music - why does it exist and why is it valued?)

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