PHL100Y1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Causality, Summum Bonum, Descriptive Ethics
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Benson building, 320 huron street (south of harbord st. ), 2nd floor. Short answer questions: identify the philosopher associated with the term or phrase, and explain its meaning briefly. Socrates was distinctive in ways: socratic irony, socratic ignorance. A method to cross-examine socrates" beliefs on moral matters and to judge their soundness, or annoying random people on their moral virtues for fun: weakness of will. Where one knows better and does worse, desire overpowering a person"s will to do good. What socrates hold as morality, based on principles that need to stand up to examination and argument. Principle of justice- one must not do injustice (it"s wrong to do injustice, do wrong& treat people wrongly), pretty self explanatory. Principle of just action-one must not do injustice, even for injustice received(revenge is bad) Principle of just agreements- one should keep arguments, provided they are just if someone asks you to hold their machete, it would be just for you to return them.
