Philosophy Flashcards
Philosopher
Kant
- motives greater than action
- Always duty that is universally accepted(following what others do)
- Need to treat people like ends not means
- Act Rationally (as much as possible)
Philosopher
Pence
- Free until being unrational
- Do good
- Don’t do bad
- Treat sim cases similarly
Philosopher
Socrates
- Always challenge and question
- Try to learn from everyone
- hard to find where piety comes from(God, human, someone in between)
Philosopher
Utilitarianism/Stuart Mill
- Increase Pleasure and Decrease Suffering
- Need to improve societal happiness(gvt job)
- Problem: Need to judge everyone’s happiness –> Stress –> decreasing your happiness
Philosophy
Sandel’s Justice
- Promote Virtue
- Respect Freedom
- Maximize Welfare
Philosopher
Plato
- Develop virtue
- Gain at 30(fit to rule) and God
- Inate within humans
Philosopher
Aristotle
- Good upbringing and exp will help develop and understand virtue
Philosopher
Stoics
- Self-preservation defines morality
- Beyond self-preservation and nature harmony ==> Morality
- Innate
Philosopher
Aquinas
- Withdraw from Sin and Fear God
- Summary: More Charitability ==> More Morality
Philosopher
Rousseau
- Age-related morality through stages
- Morality through ages
- Age of sensation, idea, and marriage
Philosopher
Durkheim
- Socialization
- Loves rules and punishment
Philosopher
Dewey
- Wanted a better edu sys that focuses on morality and significance
- Development leads to increased rationality, socialization, and morality
- Exp
- Intentions
Philosopher
Freud
- Better to be irrational
- Develops through age
- Self-preservation
Philosopher
Social Learning
- Socialization
- Experience
Philosopher
Piaget
- Age-development
- Moral rules: Morality of constraint and morality of cooperation
Philosopher
Kohlberg
- How moral judgements are created and how they change
- Stages that you must go through and can’t go back
- Socialization
- Wanted better edu.
Philosopher
Gilligan
- Male and Female have distinct moral interpretations
- M: right and justice
- F: care and resposibility
- F ones Underappreciated
Philosopher
Hoffman
- Empathy essential in moral development
- Development structure through age
Justice
Parts of Justice
- Promiting Virtue
- Respecting Freedom
- Maximizing Welfare
Act Vs Rule
What are Moral Rules
- Have a basis which cannot be undermined
- Include philosophies we all believe important: don’t kill, steal, lie etc.
- breaking rule ==> punishment
Ethics Basics
How do we know something
- Knowedge
- Either building up from foundation or floating on uncertainity
Ethics Basis
What is Ethics
- Action
Govt Job
State of Nature
- When there’s no govt
- nasty, brutish, short
Govt Job
Social Contract
- What ppl give to another in exchange for smth else
- Ppl(liberty) to govt(safety)
Govt Job
Veil of Ignorance
- John Rawls
- No consideration of identity
- True feelings and equality under law
Morality: Neuroscience
What helpful behavior leads to
- Mutualism
- Reciprocity
- Altruism
Morality: Neuroscience
Process to Moral Development
- Self interest ==> Collaborative Foraging ==> increased socialization ==> role division ==> trust ==>
- “We before Me” ==> Pressure from group ==>
- Morality of Right/Wrong
Morality: Neuroscience
Neurobiology
- Executive: Prefrontal Lobes
- Emotional: Limbic
- Survival: Stem and Peons
Morality: Neuroscience
Utilitarian Thinking Areas
- Insular Cortex: Disgust of moral wrongs
- Dorsolateral PFC: Strategy and no emotion
- Anterior Cingulate Cortex + Ventromedial PFC:Emotional decision making
- Work in opposition until one wins over