PHIL 1175 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Virtue Ethics, Fourteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution, 3 Women
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Claim: to show that traditional ethics has suf cient resources to address all three challenges. Ethical egoism: the main obstacle to show that morality is rationally required. individual: the overall self-interest of one particular person universal: each person"s overall self-interest everyone has a similar justi cation for adopting universal ethical egoism. The ring of gyges (pg. 7) turning the ring towards the palm made him invisible. Altruism (pg. 11) each person ought to do what best serves the overall interest of others. Egoism:(pg 11) each person ought to do what best serves his or her overall self-interest. Prima facie relevance:(pg 11) based on the rst impression; at rst glance, accepted as correct until proved otherwise. specious arguments necessarily include prima facie relevance- t. Philosophical rigor:(pg. 12) objecting to your own stance on a subject. questioning yourself. Jeremy bentham- the greatest good for the greatest number social contract.
