PHIL 1100 Lecture 2: Week 2
Document Summary
Right and wrong as a product of values; moral truth is achieved through cognitivism. The answer determines the theory which drives it. Free will vs. determinism; an argument of contradictions (to some extent) Hume"s theory - there is no causation, just really consistent correlation (rather out there) Causation as flawed in that it leads only to determinism. If so, who is to blame for it?) Free will acknowledges causality, but that doesn"t mean there is no such thing as choice. Also asserts that we are therefore ethically responsible for our decisions. Compatibilism - the illusion of choice is enough to find ethics. The combination of free will and determinism determine our control over our ethics. Contains reasons that support a conclusion of claim. Take, for example, a deductive argument; if the reasons are right (validity), then the conclusion must be too (if the premises are right, then so is the conclusion) Proposition 1 (p1): all men are mortal.
