PHL 333 Lecture Notes - Shaun Nichols, Psychopathy, Moral Rationalism
21 Nov 2012
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According to rationalism, morality is based on reason or rationality rather than the emotions or cultural idiosyncrasies, and this has seemed to many to be the best way of securing a kind of objectivism about moral claims. Altruism: the belief in or practice of disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others (notes from recording) Moral rationalism: claim that morality, is ultimately based in reason (rationality). Nicolas distinguishes conceptual rationalism about morality from empirical rationalism. Distinguish*important* you can be an empirical rationalist without being a conceptual rationalist. But maybe being an conceptual rationalist also being a empirical rationalist . Version of the theory: the relationship between morality between reason (link) is part of a very concept of morality. Anyone can understand the concept of morality can learn the concepts. Its true because the concept of being a bachelor has the concept of being unmarried-ness. (conceptual truth)
