PHL271H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Homo Sapiens, Political Philosophy, Morality
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Not the question of optimum justice which is a question of political philosophy rather than philosophy of law. Aside a primer on necessary and sufficient conditions. X is necessary for y if it is impossible to have y w/out x. You need to be 19 to purchase alcohol in ontario. It is necessary that you are 19 in order for you to purchase alcohol in. It is necessary to write both papers to get an a in phl271. No way to get an a unless you write both of the papers. X is sufficient for y if the presence of x guarantees the presence of y. Getting an a on every assignment is sufficient for getting an a in phl271. Being a member of homo sapiens is sufficient for being an animal. Legal moralism, roughly, is the view that laws should reflect morality. W/ our distinctions in hand, we can distinguish btw several different kinds of legal.