POLI1041 Study Guide - Final Guide: Consequentialism, Alexis De Tocqueville

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3)natural laws things that will always exist set of ethics that has always existed; unchanging when violate natural laws human knows it something you feel, not need to be taught natural to know ethics we can know by methodology, thinking, intelligence, reason to come to stable thought to reach wisdom body of ethical knowledge that keeps us at peace convention argument thrasymachus ethics are changing depend on leadership, ruling class stable ethical knowledge and right way to live (cid:224)idols (cid:224)goods (cid:224)forms. 4 states of mind trying to explain how to find political leadership doesn"t understand how elections give us best leaders wisest not elected idealistic only have leaders that care for justice doenst make philosopher king best person but can excite people to moral excellence have to be persistent to be the philosopher king tremendous intellectual effort with no rewards in athenian culture such thing as perfection found in art much detail where platos ideal comes from.

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