33:522:334 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Philip Hallie
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How to deine good and bad without religion. We all are individuals who have needs and can feel which is called cogniive being. If needs aren"t met, we feel bad, etc. If you don"t care about anything, you don"t value anything. There is nothing, no being, no desire, no beter/worse = no good/evil. Intelligent people and capable but no desire (adam and eve, without the tree) If you have everything you want, there are no need, then there are no conlicts over needs = no good/evil. One individual has the ability to disinguish between good vs bad (like tasing food) Moral right vs wrong is different than good vs evil. There is no moral obligaion because the individual is by themselves. Moral right and wrong, if one individual takes a thing away from other individual. Moral good and bad, if individuals want the same thing (desires)