CRM/LAW C163 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Inclusive Fitness, Moral Psychology, White Supremacy
23 May 2016
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Absolutism one eternal unchanging moral law, intertwined with objectivism (different. Self-preservation as ethical dilemma example: california water issue. Normative ethics how we should be moral, morality is possible meta-ethically. Reciprocal altruism we want the consideration we give others given back to us. Inclusive fitness self-preservation (understood in a kinship sense) promote the well- being of those close to us, we are interested in protecting family. Egoism as a form of motivation (self-interest) Egoism contrasts altruism altruism- an unselfish motivation where acts are undertaken solely to benefit others (we act altruistically in self-interest) so partly egoist. Ethical egoism regarded as a moral flaw. Market cultures selfinterest incredibly common in a moral sense. Ethical egoism contrast with nearly every other normative theory of ethics, which recommend acting unselfishly, taking other"s interest into account, and caring for others. Ethical egoism is logically inconsistent (one"s interests often are not served by selfishness. Reinterpreting motives doesn"t show that selfish motives impacts on oceans.
