PHIL 1100 Lecture Notes - Jeremy Bentham, Distributive Justice, John Stuart Mill
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To say philosophy is linguistic philosophy is limiting to philosophy in itself . When someone asks what is the meaning of life, they are saying or asking how they should live their life. When we humans beings ask this exceedingly vague question we are not just asking for an explanation of the facts of existence; we are asking for a justification of these facts. a justification of our existence. You cannot go from factual statements to value statements. Facts vs. value 250 people in a room is a fact, 250 people in a room is good, is a value. God or no god the meaning of our life is still up to us. No amount of facts is going to answer the meaning of life. What is the purpose of life vs what is the meaning of life? . Principle of utility [utilitarianism, john stuart mill, jeremy bentham] Principles of distributive justice [e. g. john rawls, veil of ignorance test]
