God exists? Prove it! | What is Philosophy? | Ethical Egoism | Utilitarianism | Kantian ethics |
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What is a watch?
Paley's teleological argument for God compares objects in the natural world to this object. (Don't be late!)
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What is "love of wisdom"?
Philosophy originates from the Greek translation of this phrase.
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Who is the person acting?
Ethical egoism defines a morally right act as the act that benefits this person. Don't get too big headed!
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What is pleasure/happiness?
Jeremy Bentham believed that this was the ultimate human good.
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What is wrong?
Right or wrong? According to Kant, killing someone to save five other lives is...
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What is the First Mover argument and the First Cause argument?
This is the name of the two cosmological-type arguments St. Thomas Aquinas offers to prove God's existence.
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Who is Socrates?
This famous philosopher was imprisoned and forced to drink poison (hemlock) in 399 BC.
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What is the state of nature?
According to Thomas Hobbes, this pre-political "state" (with no laws or institutions) is described as "nasty, brutish, and short".
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What is happiness?
The morally right act is the act the generates THIS for the greatest number of people.
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What is the motive?
"Consequences of an act, be damned!"... This is what is matters for Kant when judging the moral worth of an act.
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What are moral and natural evil?
These are the two types of "evil" that are distinguished by philosophers.
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Who is Plato?
This famous philosopher offers a story of prisoners in a cave who have been shackled since birth.
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What is selfish?
Thomas Hobbes described human nature as essentially this.
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Who is Jeremy Bentham?
At the University of College of London, you can still see this philosopher's body on display in a glass casing.
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What is "acting according to duty"?
Between "acting from duty" and "acting according to duty", this phrase describes a good act that is performed from the wrong (e.g., selfish) motive.
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What is a necessary feature?
360 degrees is this type of feature of a circle - after all, if not 360 degrees, we are talking of another shape entirely.
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What is corrupting the youth (or impiety)?
One of two charges against Socrates at his trial.
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Who is Ayn Rand?
This 20th century philosopher argued that selfishness is a virtue.
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Who is John Stuart Mill?
Besides Jeremy Bentham, this 19th century British philosopher is also known for his views of utilitarianism.
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What is their worth?
According to Kant's second rule (humanity rule), all actions should respect THIS about human beings.
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What are omnipotence, omnibenevolence, and omniscience.
These are the three divine attributes that are highlighted in the argument from evil.
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Who is Socrates?
This philosopher once said, "The unexamined life is not worth living."
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What is benefits him?
A teacher who is an ethical egoist would go beyond his regular classroom hours to help students only if helping them does this.
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What are the consequences of the action?
When it comes to determining the moral worth of an action, the utilitarian focuses on this.
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What is in a way that we would expect all people to act?
According to Kant's first rule (universal law rule), we should only act in this way.
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