PHIL 1290 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Teleology, Human Nature, Habituation

• School: University of Windsor
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 1290
• Professor: Mark Letteri

Document Summary

We can define morality as the standards that an individual or group has about what is right or wrong, or good or evil. An informal public system applying to all rational persons, governing behaviour that affects others, having the lessening of evil or harm as its goal, and including what are commonly known as the moral rules, moral ideals, and moral virtues. Your ipod, computer; they contribute to your happiness: soul (ex. Everything in your mind that you can use to pursue your: body (ex. Health) happiness, one"s characteristics: virtue or excellence: possession or practice? (ex. Two people sleeping, you can"t tell who"s evil or good physically; aristotle emphasized actions: types of virtues, intellectual / teaching. Theoretical wisdom, understanding, practical wisdom (enough rationale to be able to use in certain situation) Rules = general; situations = specific: moral / habituation (aristotle emphasized on how you usually behave. )