PHIL 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Supererogation, Agnosticism, Dialectic
12 Oct 2016
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The sustained attempt to think clearly about topics which are foundational to the human experience through the employment of dialectic and logic. Process of engaging with someone else (dialectic) More interested in reasoning process and theoretical precision. Morally permissible- ok to do it, also ok not to do. Morally impermissible- never ok to do it, makes you immoral. Morally obligatory- good if you do it, bad if you don"t (never ok to not do) Morally supererogatory- morally permissible but praised (subset of morally permissible) Many problems on differing beliefs about the moral status of an action. It has been said that there are only 2 questions in political philosophy . Agnosticism- an agnostic is one who believes it impossible to know anything about god or about the creation of the universe and refrains from commitment to any religious doctrine. An atheist is one who denies the existence of a deity or of divine beings.
