PHIL 2550- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 23 pages long!)
29 Mar 2018
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Plato, spinoza, epictetus the good life (all have different accounts) Good of all bad for all > than this net amount for any incompatible act available to the agent on that occasion. A b = net greatest amount of good: hedonism = pleaser is the only intrinsic good, and pain is the only intrinsic bad. Reasons moral explanations for why something is wrong. Suppose you want to change your behavior, or patterns of behavior in society. You have to understand how these things work moral belief and moral behavior. Psychology, anthropology, sociology, history, cognitive science, neuroscience, linguistics. Moral philosophy offers theories that explain and systematize the data. Intuitions arise as a result of a psychological process. B- 1/3 chance that 600 are saved, 2/3 chance that 0 saved. D- 1/3 chance that 0 will die, 2/3 chance that 600 will die. Empirical work might be at the foundation of our understanding of our moral beliefs, and whether they are reliable.
