Philosophy 2074F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Deontological Ethics, Habituation
14 Dec 2014
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Formulaic and straightforwardly applicable procedure for determining which of the course of action available to us at a given time is the course of action we ought to pursue. No universal moral principles e. g. it is wrong to lie . No circumscribed moral judgments e. g. it would be wrong for a to lie to b under xxx situation . Issue moral judgments such as honesty is a virtue and a is vicious . Virtue: evaluate the character traits, no action guiding. What is a good person? what is the best way to live? nicomachean ethics highest good for men is happiness. Happiness(eugaimonea in the book) is meant to capture the kind of enduring state that one is in when, through reasoned activity, one has accomplished a life filled with all of the things that makes a life wonderful and choice-worthy . Eudaimonea is neither a feeling or a mood, it is a state of being for which any.
