PHIL 001 Lecture Notes - Well-Order, Thrasymachus, Morality
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Shaming yourself for bad acts for example; shame has a function to regulate/help to regulate one"s desires. Desire, reason, spiritedness three parts of the soul. We can use desire in generally three ways. Commit more in the reading and review in the notes: read all the analects. Psychological phenomenon (e. g. emotion) role to fall in one part of the soul or another (love has desire aspect as well as a regulation/reason type aspect) Significance: key for next two units; we"re getting a psychology. Will a particular inner-city organization satisfy glaucon: distinction between desire and everything, ethics of care different psychological care emerges. Remember, the logic of the metaphor? (a) since the polis is larger than an individual, it will be easier to find justice in the polis and then, utilizing the logic of the metaphor, look for justice in the individual. Spiritedness: protect from outside threats and inner turmoil. Reason: deliberate and establish policies for the person.