Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
27 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
BUDDHA |
1. Four noble truths 2. "Enlightened one" 3. Eight fold path |
|
|
SOCRATES |
1. Father of western philosophy 2. Similar to Sophists 3. Socratic method |
|
|
ARISTOTLE |
1. Eudaimonia 2. Teleologist 3. Born 384-322 BCE |
|
|
IMMANUEL KANT |
1. Categorical imperative 2. Groundwork of the metaphysics of morals in 1785 3. Universal law
|
|
|
JOHN STUART MILL |
1. Believed more in pleasure, hedonism 2. Studied issue of justice for utilitarianism 3. Born in 1806-1873 |
|
|
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE |
1. Born in 1844-1900 2. Published Beyond Good and Evil in 1886 3. Ethical emotivism |
|
|
Ethical skeptics |
doubt there is a moral truth
|
|
|
Ethical relativist |
deny there are nay universal valid moral principles
|
|
|
Nirvana |
the release from suffering |
|
|
Eudaimonia |
happiness |
|
|
Dharma |
Duty |
|
|
Karma |
the consequence of action |
|
|
Samsara |
the cycle of rebirth |
|
|
Reincarnation |
rebirth into a new physical body |
|
|
Ethical absolutist |
moral value are universal |
|
|
Teleological ethical theories |
people who advocate the view that consequences determine the rightness of action |
|
|
Deonotological ethical theories |
moral theories that advocate doing what is good because it is good |
|
|
Categorical imperative |
universalizing a question to see if it "works" |
|
|
Hedonism |
more pleasure for oneself |
|
|
Ethical emotivism |
view that ethics are with our emotions |
|
|
Ethical nihilism |
do not believe ine thics |
|
|
Law of non-contradiction |
no statement can be true and false at the same time |
|
|
Socratic method |
method of repeating questions |
|
|
Four noble truths |
-life is suffering -cause of suffering is craving -suffering can be overcome -8 fold path is a way of release suffering |
|
|
8 fold path |
-Right understanding -Right thought -Right speech -Right action -Right livelihood -Right effort -Right mindfulness -Right concentration |
|
|
Fillial piety |
honor respect of the family |
|
|
Divine command theory |
our morality comes from religious aspects/scriptures |
