Lecture 19

Question 1

what does naturalism imply about morality

Answer 1

no objective morality

Question 2

what did Epicurus think about justice

Answer 2

believed naturalism, no objective morality, no justice

Question 3

what does Walter Armstrong do to defend ethics in naturalism

Answer 3

says its a brute fact

Question 4

2 examples of sartres no objective morality

Answer 4

1) monogamy
2) student in war deciding to help mother

Question 5

takeaway from student in war example

Answer 5

there is no a priori answer key to this, you must choose. whoever ethical framework you use to make this decision, you are choosing that

Question 6

further explain monogamy example

Answer 6

in choosing monogamy im telling everyone that monogamy is the way to go essentially

Question 7

what does Sartre say about morality

Answer 7

whichever morality you adopt is a choice, there is no a priori, objective morality. This is your choice, if you follow bible etc that is your choice

Question 8

3 things that come out of athiestic existentialism

Answer 8

• abondonment
• despair
• anguish

Question 9

what is despair for Sartre

Answer 9

not knowing what future will bring, everything could be for nothing

Question 10

what is metaphysical/ontological argument for queerness

Answer 10

the wrongness must be natural, since there is no external judgment, but what ‘in the world’ would signify this

Question 11

what is epistemological argument for queerness

Answer 11

if there were ethics there would have to be some kind of special way for us to see and recognize them, compeltey different htna how we see everything else