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-Everyone has a purpose or role in nature
-designed to preserve ourselves |
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Master- aristocrats used downtrodden as they saw fit in order to achieve greatness
Slave- downtrodden created morals and selflessness to make their lives more bearable. It holds back people from becoming great. |
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-Universal rules that we all follow and respect
- The ultimate criterion for determining the morality of any action |
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Man is in a constant state of aguish because he cannot escape responsibility |
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| God doesnt exist and we need to face the consequences |
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| Limit yourself to worrying about what you can control |
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| Our culture determines our moral obligations |
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| Cultural Differences argument |
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-People in different cultures disagree about morality therefeore there are no universal morals
-No cultures are morally better or worse because moral are just relative to geography |
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| owners of the means of production |
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-Laws to protect you from yourself
-seatbelt, tobaccolaws, drug laws etc. |
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| State of nature and the War of all against all |
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-what life would be like if there were no state or government
-everyone is = and trying to survive/benefit themselves
-War of all against all (Every man for himself trying to preserve his own life) |
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| Representatives of a society are gathered to make decisions about how society should be run. They are behind the veil of ignorance to ensure equality in society. They are in original position because they do not know anything about the people they are representing and therefore everything is unbiased. |
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| unbiased and dont know the people they represent |
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If there are inequalities in society the people that are worst off should recieve more goods to make things equal |
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