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analogies vs. counterexamples Correct Answers Analogies are
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a comparison between two things for the purpose of explanation
or clarification.
Counterexamples are an argument or set of reasons put forward
to oppose an idea or theory developed in another argument.
These are important to philosophy because this is what people
use to argue usually either by further explaining why they are
right with an analogy or by proving that someone else's
argument is wrong by proving one of their premises are flawed
with a counterexample.
anarchism Correct Answers Anarchism supports that the state
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lacks moral legitimacy but does not support violence to
eliminate it. It advocates for a self-governing society that
opposes authority or hierarchy organizations.
Aristotle Correct Answers Aristotle was a born in Greece a
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little after 400 bc. One famous work of his was Nicomachean
Ethic that he made to be a guide on how to live ethically through
striving for the ultimate happiness.
Ayn Rand Correct Answers She was a Russian born American
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in the early 1900's (1905). We read an excerpt of one of her
most famous novels, "The Fountainhead" which exlores the
ideas of individualism and objectivism.
categorical imperative- first formulation Correct Answers
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Concept introduced by Immanuel Kant. It is a way to explain
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, motivation for actions and is sometimes called the
"universalizability principle" which means the morals laws that
are always right or wrong no matter the situation's details.
categorical imperative- second formulation Correct Answers
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Concept introduced by Immanuel Kant. It explains motivations
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for actions and focuses on "the grey area" as in the committing
an immoral act as a means to a good and moral end.
categorical vs. hypothetical imperatives Correct Answers
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Hypothetical imperatives tell us how to act in order to achieve
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our individual, specific goal. Categorical imperatives are
universal and absolute and apply to every person.
(hypothetical- If you want a degree, go to college (but not
everyone wants one, so its not universal like categorical)
casual loop Correct Answers Casual loop has to do with a time
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travel paradox. It would be if an event was one of the causes of
another event that in return caused the first event. (Billiards
balls)
compatibilism Correct Answers Compatibilism the belief that
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free will and determinism are compatible ideas. It is also the
belief that it is possible to believe in both without being
logically inconsistent
David Hume Correct Answers A Philosopher born in Scotland
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in the early 1700's. He was a compatibilist (Free will and
determinism are compatible ideas)
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