PHL100Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Intellectual Virtue, Syllogism
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Features of the (cid:862)pra(cid:272)ti(cid:272)al syllogis(cid:373)(cid:863: (cid:862)what is last i(cid:374) the o(cid:396)de(cid:396) of a(cid:374)al(cid:455)sis see(cid:373)s to (cid:271)e fi(cid:396)st i(cid:374) the o(cid:396)de(cid:396) of (cid:271)e(cid:272)o(cid:373)i(cid:374)g(cid:863) (1112b) I. e. in deliberation i start with what i want, and the last thing i think i the first thing to do (cid:862)we deli(cid:271)e(cid:396)ate (cid:374)ot a(cid:271)out e(cid:374)ds (cid:271)ut a(cid:271)out (cid:373)ea(cid:374)s(cid:863) Because our desires specify the ends: o, the (cid:862)u(cid:374)i(cid:448)e(cid:396)sal(cid:863) (cid:272)ould (cid:271)e so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g like: do(cid:374)(cid:859)t hu(cid:396)t people be kind be fair. If practical syllogisms lead to a decision, there is still room to fail to do what you decided. One possible mechanism: we seem programmed to discount the future. What is worth working for: (cid:862)to e(cid:454)e(cid:396)t o(cid:374)eself a(cid:374)d (cid:449)o(cid:396)k fo(cid:396) the sake of a(cid:373)use(cid:373)e(cid:374)t see(cid:373)s sill(cid:455) a(cid:374)d utte(cid:396)l(cid:455) (cid:272)hildish(cid:863) (cid:894)(cid:1011)(cid:1010)(cid:271)(cid:895) But why exactly: the a(cid:374)s(cid:449)e(cid:396): it(cid:859)s (cid:374)ot a (cid:272)ha(cid:396)a(cid:272)te(cid:396)isti(cid:272) e(cid:454)(cid:272)elle(cid:374)(cid:272)e. But why insist that there is only one: also, the (cid:862)o(cid:271)je(cid:272)ts of (cid:396)easo(cid:374) a(cid:396)e the (cid:271)est(cid:863) (cid:894)(cid:1011)(cid:1011)a(cid:895) Laws of nature: an existentialist may see all this differently.
