PHIL 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Divine Command Theory, Euthyphro Dilemma, Perfect Crime
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Ethics- study of how we should act to be good (why?: to be happy. Why do we avoid stuff, no one does anything with the goal of being unhappy. Why be happy: plato 428-348/7 bce, what is good, don"t be fooled by what looks good- some look good when it is not. He allowed woman to go to school: math, science and philosophy right from wrong to be told this way, finds what is truly good. If cheating lying and stealing is wrong then it is true that what he did is wrong. The good is the good and the bad or the wrong is the wrong and just cause you get away with it is wrong and corrupt: it is never fair if you trick someone. How come we disagree about ethics: white lies, stealing, cheating, sin, sex outside of marriage. We know when it is good: plato is a rationalist, rationalism.
