PHILO-120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Prime Number, Moral Agency, Sodium Bicarbonate
28 Oct 2020
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Ex1: rob hughes ate cereal for breakfast on itself - not justified. Told that rob hughes eat cereal everyday - justified empirically. Ex3: when acid is added to baking soda, a chemical reaction occurs. Ex2: every red triangle is red justified a priori true by definition justified empirically. Ex4: there is no large prime number. A priori (you can work out with pure reason) Ex5: human beings must breathe in order to live. Either way, a priori to all rational beings (kant) Claim: groundwork; there is only one conditionally good thing (good will) Fearlessness: can be used for immoral things. Aristotle: we should be afraid to get into violence that"s not for a just cause/fighting for trivial reasons. Wealth: can be used for immoral things. Happiness: having your desires met (different from other def!!) Kant: intuitively these should appear to be not good; intuitively we feel good will is good. Claim: 1. naturally, every organ we have has a purpose.
