PHLB12H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Chemical Castration, Consequentialism, Pansexuality
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Philosophy and religion: to try to understand things in general and the purpose of humans in the universe / although phil deals with arguments and not texts ( like religion) and nothing is sacred: things can be questioned. Philosophy and science: starts with an argument and then is open to falsifiability. The central attitude is skeptical (examining a view before you adopt it). Both progress because they are open to being wrong about theories / although phil has no fixed universally recognized method that are applied for certain situations. (i. e. alchemy became chem, psych detached from philosophy) Philosophy and lit: exploration of what it is to be human/ Connected series of statements to establish a definite proposition. Not rational : authority, tradition, faith ( good ideas but not arguments) If atheists and theists agree with the same answer regarding killing a child, then religious believes cannot determine right and wrong. Sex is in the mind, not in the body.
