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Chapter 16 and 18
ethics and free will
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04/20/2005

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Term
Ethics (define)
Definition
a code by which to live,
study of concepts involved in practical reasoning
Term
Normative (3 types)
Definition
consequestialism
deontological
virtue theory
Term
Normative (4 people)
Definition
bible,
aristotle,
kant,
mill
Term
MetaEthics (4 people)
Definition
Nietzsche,
Ayer,
Card,
Kane
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Happiness (who and what)
Definition
Aristotle
living virtuously through the Golden Mean, start young, use reason
Term
Who quotes Epicurus?
Definition
Mill
Term
Emotivism (who and what)
Definition
Ayer
ethics is simply stating your (conditioned) feelings
Term
Logical Positivism
Definition
Wittgenstein
Emotivism,
verified scientifically,
using empirical statements
Term
Who dealt with the euthephro problem?
Definition
Aquinas
Term
Relativism
Definition
the view that there are no objective or absolute values that hold for everyone all the time
Term
Deontology
Definition
study of duty
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Subjectivism
Definition
where one seeks approval
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(Soft) univeralism (who and what)
Definition
Kane
All cultures have something in common, might be burried
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Divine command theory
Definition
no right and wrong without god
Term
goodwill (who?)
Definition
Kant
Term
treat people as an end in themselves, not just means (who)
Definition
Kant
Term
Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals (who)
Definition
Kant
Term
Only do actions such that you could will them to be universal laws (who)
Definition
Kant
Term
Utilitarianism (who)
Definition
Mill
Term
Categorical imperative
Definition
Kant
Universal Law
Term
Freedom (Kant)
Definition
being able to act according to reason
Term
fatalism vs determinism
Definition
can't change the events in the world
vs
you can't control your own actions
Term
amor fati (who and what)
Definition
Nietzsche
love of fate
Term
phenomenology
Definition
study of things as and how they appear to us
Term
existentialism
Definition
existence proceeds essence, we determine our essence
Term
facticity (who and what)
Definition
Sartre
One is abandoned in the world but is still responsible for its existence
Term
bad faith (who and what)
Definition
Sartre
Not recognizing your responsibility to the world and yourself
Term
consequentialists
Definition
Mill
Term
deontologists
Definition
Kant, Bible
Term
Virtue Theorists
Definition
Aristotle
Term
philologist (who and what)
Definition
Nietzsche
studies words and laws
Term
Tower of Babel (who and what)
Definition
Kane
pluralism
Term
Nihilist (who and what)
Definition
Nietzsche
there is no set reason why humans are here
Term
who uses Freudian concepts and why?
Definition
Hospers, to show that our unconscience determines all our actions
Term
hard determinists
Definition
D'Holbach and Hospers
Term
who believed in complete free will?
Definition
Sartre and Aristotle
Term
Title of Aristotle's texts are...
Definition
Voluntary and Involuntary actions, Happiness and the good life
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Kane's texts
Definition
through the moral maze, the significance of free will
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