PHILOS 2YY3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Human Nature, Social Contract, Ethical Egoism
20 Oct 2016
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Idea behind any theory ideally going to help guide us. I should be doing the things that help me flourish - ensure survival. Are we just the kinds of beings who strive to realize our own self-interest. Each person ought to pursue their own interests. Want to flag that there is a debate about his views. He talks about pity for others, sense of honour, and courage - don"t support that. He talks about pity for others, sense of honour, and courage - don"t support that we"re self interested. We can be sure that he thinks predominantly. Thinks we"re more or less equal in body and mind. Often people will look at their own interests, we have ends that he have to achieve and adopt the means necessary to achieve those ends. Imagine a world in which there is no government, state, laws.
