PHIL 2070 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Free-Market Environmentalism, Biocoenosis, Resource Depletion
14 Feb 2017
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Descriptive claim: a fact, describes some feature of the world: e(cid:454)a(cid:373)ple: murder e(cid:374)ds so(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e"s life. Moral norm: indication on how humans ought to exercise their freedom ex. Killing is bad, you should not do it. Prudential norm: how humans should act based upon their desired outcome ex. Psychological interests: complex representational capacity that is found ex. Organism with sophisticated nervous system a horse will avoid an electric fence based off a shock. Biological interest: goal that arises whenever an organism engages in self-correcting behaviour ex. Essentialist thinking: each organism possesses an essence, a set of instructions that specify how it is meant to be ex. Darwinian thinking: species undergo gradual change in response to environmental changes ex. Natural selection an animal can adapt to their environment getting colder by growing a new layer of fur: explain tragedy of the commons principle/ principle of rational depletion. Individuals acting on their own self interest, they cause the destruction of a shared good.
