Old Dead White Guys (and Gals) | It's all Relative | Vocabulary words | Usefulness Vs. Inherent Worth | Odds and Ends |
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Who is Socrates?
This individual was charged for "speaking against the gods and corrupting the youth of Athens".
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What is subjectivism?
It is also called individual relativism.
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What is egoism, descriptive egoism, or psychological egoism?
Simply put, it holds that people are basically self-centered or selfish, and primarily pursue their own self-interest.
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What is intrinsic value?
The term given to something that has value "in and of themselves" and not merely as tools or means.
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What is the Enlightenment?
According to your textbook, this period of time was the time when Locke, Hume, Kant, and Bentham were active.
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Who is Diogenes?
This individual lived in a large jar and "associated" with dogs.
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What is cultural relativism?
The term that holds that ethical values vary from society to society and that the basis for moral judgments lies in these social or cultural views.
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What is reciprocal altruism?
According to your textbook, it is term that states "It is rational for self-interested person to cooperate, since cooperation tends to produce good outcomes for those who cooperate.
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What is instrumental value?
The term given to something that is useful or good as tools or as mean toward some other end.
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What is the social contract theory?
According to your textbook, this term involves social rules which can be understood as resulting from agreements among rational and self-interested individuals.
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Who is Adam Smith?
According to your textbook, this individual argued for laissez-faire capitalism due to his belief in ethical egoism.
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What is absolutism?
According to your textbook, it is the term given as "the view that moral rule or principles have no exceptions and are context-independent".
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What are arguments from analogy?
According to your textbook, this type of argument is one that compares familiar examples with the issue being disputed.
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What is intrinsic value?
The term given to a value that CANNOT be taken away.
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Would is a conclusion or a normative claim?
I ought to clean my car is an example of.
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What is he had himself stuffed?
What did Jeremy Benthom have done with his body after his death?
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What is prima facie?
This terms mean "at first face" or "on first look".
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What is a circular argument?
Another term for the fallacy of "begging the question".
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What is instrumental value?
The value term given for the fact that my nephew can get my a beer or scratch my back.
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What is the paradox of hedonism?
According to your textbook, it is the term for when the impulse towards pleasure because to great and defeats is own aim.
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Who is Ayn Rand?
Paul Ryan Mitt Romney's running mate in 2012, credited her as "the reason I got involved in public service."
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What is perspectivism?
According to your textbook, Friedrich Nietzsche is often viewed as a proponent of this "ism".
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What is akrasia?
The name given in your textbook for the Greek term of the problem of "weakness of will".
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What is inherent worth?
According to your textbook, it is another term for intrinsic value.
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What is "I am a citizen of the world" or "cosmopolitan"
According to your textbook, what was Diogenes' response when Alexander the Great asked where he was from.
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