PHL100Y1 Lecture 3: Week 3 Lecture Notes
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Lecture notes spirited part of the soul emotional part of the soul (interchangeable) intrinsic good. Plato"s list of intrinsic goods may not match with my ideas. Trade is a way to allow people to get what they need. Free-rider problem: since everyone does their work, my inaction will not affect significantly and i, in fact, will get benefits from the work that others are doing. Relates but to politics in public goods. Regardless of agreed upon cooperation previously, the motivation at the time of interrogation is what matters. I may have agreed before but i don"t have an obligation to keep my agreement. If both parties act rationally looking out for their self interests, both of them will end up in a worse situation. Could be wise to include context about why mind is introduced. Socrates assumes that the person is analogous to a city. Everyone ruins themselves trying to outdo others when they might be better of having less.
