PHIL202 Lecture 2: Consequentialism & Deontology
10 Feb 2017
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Exercise: are the following arguments sound: p1: beyonc is pregnant with twins, p2: mela(cid:374)ia t(cid:396)u(cid:373)p (cid:449)ea(cid:396)s a (cid:271)lue d(cid:396)ess o(cid:374) he(cid:396) hus(cid:271)a(cid:374)d"s p(cid:396)eside(cid:374)tial i(cid:374)augu(cid:396)atio(cid:374) day, c: mexican president refuses to pay for the wall. Sound argument: no o(cid:374)e has sho(cid:449)(cid:374) that ghosts a(cid:396)e(cid:374)"t (cid:396)eal, so they (cid:373)ust (cid:271)e (cid:396)eal. Unsound argument: no one has shown that ghosts are real, so they must not exist. What is ethics: ethics is the study of what is morally good and bad, or what is morally right and wrong. Is the law the moral minimum: driving a friend to the emergency room when my car has not passed the required emissions test. Moral: a nazi soldier killing a jew because the nazi law required that german citizens obey the order of governmental officials and an official ordered the solider to kill the jew. In the local market, i go to the counter to pay for my groceries.
