PHI 2200C Lecture 7: Notes 7
1 Apr 2019
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Means doable by me- with my history. End: wish/will, health, happiness, virtue- courageous. Some people think object is good and others think of objects that seem" good. We hope that this is an engaged life. You can"t choose these ends; it is not choosable; weird language but you can only choose what"s choosable. If you are an olympic athlete; you cannot wish to be healthier you can just choose to be healthy everyday. Ties in a lot of stuff about teleology. Aristotle is a teleological ethic based on the greek word telos. He is looking as an acorn tree growing into the tree. The excellence of its growth can be measured in how well it grows up. Acorn seed that doesn"t grow to full tree means something went wrong. Analogy here is some of us we do not reach out full potential. Ownership, honesty and patience and clarity is intelligence, and this is what he would call practical intelligence.
