PHI 1102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Consequentialism, Empirical Evidence, Correlation Does Not Imply Causation
26 Feb 2017
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Phi1102 chapter eight notes: a thinking in the enlightenment. Overthrowing traditional ideas: believes that the public can only achieve enlightenment slowly. Life is hard and human beings are unworthy. Human nature is flawed because of the original sin. It is about obeying strict rules, acting in accordance with reason. Based on the nature and structure of logic itself: truly moral action come from good will, in having the right intention, the fact that we are doing the right thing is not good enough. Doing what is right out of duty: morality is above human nature. And it is the same for all rational beings: a priori reason is a reason prior to sense experience, prior to desire and emotion. It is a reason as it exists inside our heads prior to our experience of the world and prior even to our experience of ourselves.
