PP110 Study Guide - Ethical Egoism, Egotism, Jim Crow Laws
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Ethics is not about just any question, but about the way one should live socrates. Two types of statement: descriptive or is statements (usually answered by a true or false, make claims about the way the world was, is, or will be, ex: Temperature is a mean kinetic energy: normative or ought statements, make claims about the way the world ought to be or have been. The state has no place in the bedrooms of the nation. Philosophical ethics is the reasoned attempt to resolve important practical dilemmas. That is, it tells us which actions are permissible. If you don"t fulfil an obligatory action you will be blamed, whereas supererogatory acts are heroic. You can be praised for both kinds of actions, but only blamed for obligatory. impermissible (wrong) no distinct kinds: morality vs. law normative. Jim crow laws: established in 1877, repealed in 1954. Imposed strict limitations on african-american use of restaurants, theatres, schools, etc: ethics vs. etiquette ex.
