PHI 2396 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Bioethics, Meta-Ethics, The Slippery Slope
21 Feb 2018
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Logic- reasoning/critical thinking: metaphysics- ontological question (nature of being) e. g. what is colour? respond maybe wavelength of light, epistemology- study of knowledge. What is a nature of knowledge: value theory- judgement about value. Ethics can refer to the moral principles that guide behavior. Ethics can also refer to the philosophical study of moral principles. Ethics in an institutional setting includes elements of both of these definitions. What is the nature of moral judgments? what is evil what"s equality. The study of ethics (or moral philosophy) is the attempt to achieve a systematic understanding of the nature of morality and what is required of us. By its very nature its connection to human actions. There are no simple, uncontroversial definitions of morality. There are many rival theories, each expounding a different conception of what it means to live morally. Theresa ann campo pearson was an anencephalic infant born in florida in 1992.
