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CC102 Midterm Review
Nicomachean Ethics, Analects of Confucius, Daodejing, Bhagavad-Gita
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Philosophy
Undergraduate 1
02/25/2014

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virtue ethics
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Embody certain virtues and you will be said to have good character; choices one makes will be different on a case-by-case basis
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deontological ethics
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Morality is judged by adherence to rules/duty
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utilitarianism
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Maximize utility - aka maximum happiness, minimum suffering
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eudaimonia
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action, prosperity of the soul, highest good
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ergon
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function; if something performs its ergon well, it has arete (excellence)
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moral virtue
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concerned with DOING - i.e. being courageous
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intellectual virtue
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concerned with KNOWING
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logos
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rational principle that is present only in humans
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phronesis
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practical wisdom; excellence of deliberation, i.e. knowing the best way to act in a given situation
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theoria
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theoretical wisdom; contemplation of nature, man studies and investigates things without desiring to change them; contrast to action
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philia
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friendship; there are three kinds: utility, pleasure, and "true" friendship
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wu-wei
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no action; central idea of the Daodejing
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qi
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"chi" - try to focus your chi through acts like tai chi; through this physical cultivation reclusive Daoists get a longer life
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the Mahabharata
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one of two great epics of Hindu tradition, of which the Gita is a part;

the Pandaras vs. the sons of Dhritrashtra - Ds won Ps' land in a a dice game but agreed to give it back after the Ps endured a period of exile. After the period of exile ended the Ds still aren't giving the land back, so there's a war.
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Krishna
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an incarnation of the supreme god Vishnu
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"sacred lore"
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Vedic tradition - the Rig Veda was an old collection of sacred hymns; replaced by upanishadic monism (the idea that everything is connected)
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samsara
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wandering; process of reincarnation
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atman
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personality, self, what makes you you
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brahman
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prayer, ritual
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sat
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reality, the external world
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dharma
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you must perform your sacred duty and noone else's
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ordinary norm
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live through performing good action, rebirth into a good life
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extraordinary norm
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take no action, no rebirth
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yoga
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discipline
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jnana-yoga
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knowledge: know that the soul is separate from nature and that it is immortal. Knowing this, you can detach yourself from grief and fear.
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karma-yoga
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action: take action without attachment to the fruits of action
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bhakti-yoga
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devotion: god is great, god is our innermost self
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renunciation vs. relinquishment
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renunciation is just inaction, which leads to a life governed by dark inertia.

relinquishment involves taking action but relinquishing attachment to the fruits of action.
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lucidity
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a strand of material nature lead by joy and knowledge
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passion
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a strand of material nature lead by craving, attachment, and action
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dark inertia
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a strand of material nature lead by ignorance and laziness
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