PHIL 2103 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Fetus
25 Aug 2016
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The theory and its attractions: natural law theory. Actions are right just because they are natural and wrong just because they are unnatural. People are good or bad to the extent that they fulfill their true nature. The more they fulfill their true nature, the better they are. Conclusion premise 1 could be true and if it is, this argument is valid. How do we get description (moral truth) to prescription (conceptual/empirical truths: conceptual truth can be known just by understanding it. No sphere is a cube: empirical truths known only by relying on evidence from our five senses. It was raining in london on june 25, 2007. Just because we share many traits, needs, and interests with other animals is not going to unlock the puzzle of determining our human nature: 2. Rousseau people are innately angelic and therefore would be pleasant, cooperative, and considerate if uncorrupted by society. Hobbes people are innately selfish, competitive, and distrustful: 3.
