HSAD 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Virtue Ethics, Descriptive Ethics, Libertarian Paternalism
16 Jul 2018
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Good and bad- character: normative ethics- dep, metaethics. Ppl: jeremy bentham, john stuart mill- the problem that he raised up was temporary happiness is not serving the great good. Blind loyalty: quiz on wed 1/30/2018, particular applicable theories, four pillars of bioethics (autonym, beneficence, nonmalifience (no unnecessary harm), justice, high level theories, kantianism, duty, categorical imperative, universal command, don"t use people. If it was asking if slavery is wrong: answer- yes utilitarian (comes from natural science, ethics is about good, good(pleasure) bad (pain, any action is morally neutral. It depends on consequences which comes from good or bad. If it was asking if slavery is wrong: answer- depends on the consequence, virtue, who made up these theories, the differences, the meaning. Issac newton: main point is observation, john lock, categorical and consequentialism. Week 8: trust, annette baier, trust, reliability, excepting come in time but don"t, vulnerability.
