PHI 2397 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Epicurus, Fallacy
12 Oct 2014
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Business: whenever you offer a product or service to another. Beginning of business (civilization) when human being specializes in their skills to increase the standard of living to increase the quality of life . Milton friedman: states that business has nothing to do with ethics. Immoral: ethics is involved and you are doing something wrong (ex. murder) Business success is related to individual success, if the business is successful, then the individual will also be successful. What is success: business skills, happiness, meaningful existence. How to be successful: have a goal (who you want to be, take risks, don"t be afraid to fail, work very hard. Epicurus: 3rd century bc greek: money for necessities, true friends, freedom (to think) You have to be a part of something: business, government, religion, army. Is/ought fallacy: you cannot derive a value from a fact.
