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MR BOSHOFF ( A N D M R VA N D E R B E E K )
What is
philosophy?
What is it really all
about?
What do we know? Inquisitiveness?
How we know what we know (Epistemology)?
What should we do (Ethics)?
Different points of view. The connection
between the mind and the world.
Philosophy
deals with
the BIG
questions
Why do you do what you do?
AESTHETICS
ETHICS
(THE NATURE OF BEAUTY)
(THE STUDY AND EVALUATION
OF HUMAN CONDUCT)
LOGIC
(THE STUDY OF CLEAR SYSTEMATIC REASONING)
Let’s try it
out!
The Trolley
Problem
Consequentialism
whether an act is morally right
depends only on its consequences
The Trolley
Problem
The Trolley
Problem
You’re all
Philosophers!
Thanks to
Mr Van
Der Beek