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24 Cards in this Set
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Chum Anthony Appiah |
Racialism. The belief that the human species is naturally divided into distinct biological categories called "races. (Positive racism) |
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Aristotle |
Doctrine of the Golden Mean We must find a balance between two vices, seek the middle balance. |
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George Berkeley |
Existence is dependent on perception. |
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Sissela Bok |
White Lies. they can be more detrimental than bigger lies. |
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Rene Descartes |
I think therefore I am. Everything comes from the mind. |
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John Dewey |
Art as an experience- art is how we connect to the every experience not something meant to be kept in a museum. |
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Epictetus (mike) |
STOICISM. Not emotional. If its out of your control you shouldn't worry about it. |
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Epicurus |
Epicureanism. Pleasure is the only good. But active pleasure, not passive pleasure. |
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Michael Foccault |
Madness/rationality, madness and how it relates to rationality. |
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Thomas Hobbes |
Everyone innately is out for themselves we rely on government for order and safety. PURE ego |
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Baron D'Holbach |
Fatalistic! Free will is an illusion. Reality is made up of matter/physical laws. We too are governed by this. |
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MENGZI |
Believed we are inherent good and society makes us evil |
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Thomas Nagel |
MORAL LUCK. Our morality is in part determined to our circumstances. |
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Friedriche Nietzsche |
"GOD IS DEAD" Master/slave morality. Different values for these different cultural roles that inform our morality. |
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Plato |
Plato's cave, the first great philosopher. Ancient greek. |
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Bertrand Rusell |
Appearance is what we gather from our senses. Appearance is not always reality. |
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Oliver Sacks |
Neurologist. Virgil and sight to see or not to see? |
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Arthur Shopenhauer |
Pleasure is just the momentary relief of pain. The pessimist philosopher. |
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Peter Singer |
Species-ist |
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Gertrude Stein |
Why there are so few masterpieces? We cannot separate them from time and identity. |
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Oscar Wilde |
Witty, ideas for the young. Got down to human beings' core. |
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Susan Wolf |
Moral sainthood. Values conflict with obligations. |
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Xunzi |
We are inherently bad and we are trained to be good. |
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Slavoj Zizek |
Systemic violence vs symbolic and direct violence. |
