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Episode 25 – Metaphysics and Goodness | Prof. Michael Gorman

Aquinas 101 - Course 2: Introduction to Thomistic Philosophy

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The Importance of Intuition in Philosophy

If you were an advocate of naturalism, this would be your position. But there is another direction in which we can figure out the difference between good and bad by a kind of intuition. There are true normative differences to be found, they just aren't to be found by examining natural facts. Now if this whole weekend were devoted to ethical theory, we could spend some serious time on this. But it isn't. So without really doing it justice, I will leave this view behind so as to get to Aquinas' view. And my remark will also be a remark about the view that I've been contrasting it with.

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