PHIL 1305 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Epicureanism, Arthur Schopenhauer
26 Jul 2018
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The two most prominent arguments for outlying drugs fail. Individuals have a natural right to take drugs if they wish. The first argument: drug use is very harmful to many users, the government should prohibit people from doing things that harm themselves. (general principle, therefore, the government should prohibit drug use. Second premise is false, therefore argument is unsound. Conditional form if an activity harms people who perform it, then the government should prohibit it. Can be reduced to an absurd conclusion, as seen with counterexamples above. Argument #2: drug users reliably cause harm to others, the government should prohibit people from doing activities that can cause harm to others. (target premise, therefore, the government should prohibit drug use. Trying to see whether we can conceive of some situation that"s incompatible with the proposed analysis. Became an atheist once he realized life had no meaning. I could not attach a rational meaning to a single act in my life. "
