DST, VFT, Eudaimonism, DCT, DJT, IOT, Flashcards
What is DST?
Your life goes well to the extent that you get what you want
Necessary condition
If X is something that makes you better off > then X is something that you want
Sufficient condition
If X is something you want > then X is something that makes you better off
Based off of DST, would people plug into the experience machine?
No, DST says that your life goes well to the extent that your desires are satisfied, and in the EM, your desires are not actually satisfied even though you may think they are
The argument rom first person authority (DST)
1 Each of us is in a better position to know what’s good for us than anyone else is
2. The best explanation of this fact is the desire view is true
3. The Desire view is true
The argument from motivated self-interest (DST)
- If something makes us better off, then we have to pursue it
- The best explanation of the fact that we have reason to pursue whatever makes us better off is that the desire view its true
- The desire theory is true
The argument form many models (DST)
- There are many models of a good life
- The best explanation of the fact that there are many models of a good life is the desire view is true
- The desire theory is true
The problem of unwanted benefits (DST)
- People don’t always want things that are good for them
- According to DST if something is good for you, then it’s something that you want (necessary condition for being good)
- DST is false
The problem of non-beneficial wants (DST)
- Some things that people want are not good for them
- According to DST, if you want something then it is good for you (sufficient condition for being good)
- DST is false
The paradox for self harm (DST)
- If DST is true, then getting what you want is always good for you
- Some people want to harm themselves
- If DST is true, then if you want to harm yourself, then it is good for you
- If something is good for you, then it cannot harm you
- If DST is true, then wanting to harm yourself makes it impossible to do
- DST is false
What is value fulfillment theory?
Your life is going well to the extent that you get what you care about
Second order desire
If you care about something, you don’t just want it – you want to want it
Based off VFT, would someone plug into experience machine?
No
What is eudiamonism?
Your life fulfills your nature, either as a human being in general (species based), or as a particular individual (individual based)
Based off eudaemonism, would someone plug into the experience machine?
no
Ontological dependence
If God doesn’t exist, then morality would not exist either
Psychological dependence
If people didn’t believe in God, then they would not act morally
The argument from origination (ontology)
- Morality is a system of laws
- There are no laws without a legislator
- The only legislator with authority to create moral laws is God
- If God didn’t exist then morality would not exist either
The argument from motivation (psychology)
- If people didn’t believe in God, then they wouldn’t be motivated to act morally
- If people weren’t motivated to act morally, then they wouldn’t act morally
- If people didn’t believe in God, then they wouldn’t act morally
What is DCT?
Morality ontologically depends upon God
The Euthyphro argument (against DCT)
- Either God has reason for his commands or he doesn’t
- If he does, then those reasons are what makes actions right or wrong – in which case DCT is false
- If he doesn’t then his commands are arbitrary – in which case he is imperfect
- God is not imperfect
- DCT is false
The divine imperfection argument (against DCT)
- If DCT is true, then God could have created a morality that required acts of cruelty and forbade acts of kindness
- A morality of this sort would be deeply flawed
- If God created a deeply flawed morality, then he would not be perfect
- God is perfect
- DCT is false
What is DJT?
An action is morally right (wrong/neutral) if and only if God would judge that it was morally right (wrong/neutral)
