Phil 166 - Triabilism & Transgender Athletes

tribalism

a way of forming one’s beliefs on (ethical) issues. This proceeds by figuring out what tribe one is in, asking what the tribe’s stance on the issue is, and then adopting that belief.

humer

p1: everyone has a right to self defense, p2: preventing someone from exercising their right to sd is morally wrong, p3: prohibitions on gun ownership (often) restrict people from exercising their right to self defense, c: restriction on gun ownership is wrong

chilling effect

people may change completely permissible behavior if they know they’re being watched

welfare

can things go better or worse for you?

maslow’s hiearchy

physiological needs, safety and security, love and belonging, self esteem, self actualization

hedonistic theory

having a good life consists of positive experiences - negative experiences

desire satisfaction theory

the person who gets what they want has the good life and failure to get what you want makes your life worse off.

consciousness

Consciousness is to have subjective experience of any kind.

difference between

reasonable foreseeable consequences and pure speculation