PHIL1013 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Normative Ethics, Meta-Ethics, Descriptive Ethics
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Is there a difference between those who commit mass atrocities or those who allow everyday atrocities to continue [e. g. the consequences of not shopping ethically involve major issues such as slavery, poverty and environmental destruction]: five moral purposes: To resolve conflict of interest justly, in an orderly manner. To assign praise, blame, reward, punishment and guilt in society: areas in moral philosophy to be looked at include: A creation based on desirable outcomes: or is morality as john l mackie states: An invention? (cid:862)we ha(cid:448)e to de(cid:272)ide (cid:449)hat (cid:373)o(cid:396)al (cid:448)ie(cid:449)s to adopt, (cid:449)hat (cid:373)o(cid:396)al sta(cid:374)ds to take(cid:863): morality spectacles: We act emotionally to things we observe as if we view the world through morality spectacles. If we could take off these spectacles the world would be morality free: the questions that need to be asked therefore are: What is the good life: there are different factors that influence the way people respond to these questions, consequences:
