PHIL 130 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Baltimore Stars, Plato, René Descartes
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Morality interpretations: to give back that which is due, do good to friends, bad to enemies. Doesn"t work because it will make enemies worth (north korea vs. Washington: morality is the advantage of the stronger party. Stronger party (as government) could instruct something that hurts itself. Ruler should act on behalf of subjects, not himself (doctor to patients) Men want to rule in fear that someone worse will rule. Socrates: how can i be better or what makes one better than another (superiority: knowledge is moral, ignoramus is immoral. Moral mind and person lives good life, immoral will have bad life: immoral people would always want more. Morality is good for its consequences (not controversial) Would it be good if there were not consequences. Ring of gyges: how people act when given a certain power, if people could do something without consequences, they would, claims that people act out of self interest, would people be moral for moral"s own sake.
