Phil 190-2

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Aliquid quo nihil majus cogitari possit

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Someone or something of significance that than which nothing greater can be conceived.

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Reductio ad Absurdum

Back 2

Reduced to Absurdity

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"Fool"

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Atheist

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Predictability

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Actions are predictable not by chance

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Analogy

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Comparing two things.

Not valid nor sound

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Faulty analogy

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Weak argument.

Less similar=less strong, weaker

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Teleological arguments

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"Design" argument.

Existence of God

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Fallacy of Composition

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Erroneous argument from a property of a part to a whole to a property of the whole

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Moral evil

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The wicked things which humans choose to do.

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natural evil

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The pain, suffering and death which are caused by natural events.

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Stoics

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"The universe is good and there's no evil in the world."

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Ethical skepticism

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We would have no basis for calling anything good including God

Hint 12

The View that no moral knowledge is possible

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Privation

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The absence or lack there of

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Theodicy

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God's justice/righteousness

Justify God's goodness in allowing the existence of evil.

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Prosyllogism

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An argument whose conclusion is used as a premise in another argument.

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Felix culpa

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Happy sin

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Summum Bonum

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Greatest Good

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Apatheia

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Happiness, a state of tranquility, never being moved by emotion.

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Provideré

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To foresee

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Stoicism

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To be calm and not excitable. Bearing difficulties or discomfort without complaining.

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Pneuma

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Physical

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Sapiens

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A wise person

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Stoicism values

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Patience

Temperance

Endurance

Courage

Emotional self control

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Morally neutral

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Not good nor evil

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Enchiridion

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Handbook

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Free

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In our control.

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Opinion, pursuit, desire, aversion

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Slavish

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Not in our control.

Hint 27

Body, property, reputation, command

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Good will

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A will which acts for the sake of duty alone.

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Categorical imperative

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A command which is absolute and unconditional

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Hypothetical imperatives

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An action that you should do if you want to promote some goal you already have.

If you want 'Y,' then you must do 'X.'

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The kingdom of ends

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The ideal moral community

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Everyone would apply the categorical imperative.

Everyone would respect each other.

Everyone would agree to what is right

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Perfect duty

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I duty that is owed to a particular person.

Must be done

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Imperfect duty

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A duty that is not owed to any particular person.

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Hedonism

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'Pleasure'

Seek pleasure and avoid pain

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Utilitarianism

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Have the duty to increase pleasure and reduce pain that others might experience.

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Altruism

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Any act that seeks to advance the good of others

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Materialism

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The view that everything is a material object

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Metaphysics

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The study of the ultimate nature of reality

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Eudaimonia

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Happy demon

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Ataraxia

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Freedom from anxiety and Mental pain

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The criteria of choice

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Pleasure in the absence of pain

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Dangerous consequences

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Back (Definition)