PHIL1070 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Eating Animals, Trolley Problem, Breastfeeding
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Stop rewarding people who don"t deserve it. Causing the rewarding of people who have not earned the reward rather than rewarding on virtue, merit or talent - reward who people are or who much money. Societal reasons - squalches innovation, people will not be committed to try. Prevents people from using reason or cultivating virtue because people don"t need to work for things. How to become virtuous: by using reason, education cultivates virtue, manners cause weakness of character and prevent virtue. Tyrants want power to benefit themselves and friends. Tyrants don"t want equals they want slaves. Want to keep women weak and ignorant so they obey. Rank means only a few people get ot exercise their reason. The footsoldier or clery person is required not to use reason by job because their job is simply to listen to superiors. This means they can"t be good people because in order to be virtuous you must exercise your reason.