PHI 2397 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Invisible Hand, Glaucon, Consequentialism
26 Mar 2018
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What sort of person do i want to be? self, ego, i. Altruism: others" interest (cid:523)helping others(cid:524) command, reciprocal altruism as trust or friendship or relations: 2- follow the golden rule (do unto others as you would want them to. Experiment: divided computers into three sections and gave each a moral: 1 be selfish, they cannot cooperate with one another (no such thing. Honour, virtues courage= self sacrifice foolishness: not enough concern for yourself cowardice: too much concern for the self! Richard dawkins: the selfish gene society is one where we look out for our own interests. People tend to think selfishness is the road to success (selfishness is success) Socrates: justice is about stability: happiness is about peace of mind. If you have a mind that is in constant conflict, you will never be happy. Wealth of nations (two halves of one story)
