avocado vs. cabbage Flashcards
Human based on - view is a stable, enduring self,
perceived as existing at a person’s core.
avocado
- view perceives human beings as an onion which
does not have any core. This demonstrates that humans
are changing in nature and their reaction are influenced by
different experiences at a certain moment.
artichoke
According to - view, an individual is perceived as a
protean without an enduring stable core.
artichoke
-eternal and unchangeable human nature
essentialism
According to - view, there is always an inner
unchanging core in human being after peeling of the outer
skin.
This inner self is never changed by life experiences. It
remains to be and it is the one that defines the human
nature.
avocado
-The claim that human nature is determined by the set
of necessary and sufficient properties of humanness,
coupled with the claim that the properties that are part
of human nature are distinctive of human beings.
essentialism
This - view usually translates into the claim that
things like intelligence, humor, morality, reason, and
language are distinctively and essentially human. They
are what define us and mark us out as different from other
animals.
essentialist
Named after Proteus, the shape–shifter of Greek mythology
depending on the situation demanding him to change
forms
protean/existentialist view
Like an artichoke or cabbage, as the layers are removed,
one finds there is no central core, this view agrees that we
are nothing but layers and finds this reasonable and healthy
existentialist/protean view
This idea says that humans are many layers that function at
various times in life
-Life is such that we need to be able to react in many
different ways
existentialist/protean view
This is consistent with the idea that there are no moral
absolutes or certain truth
existentialist/protean view
Existentialism (- self)
self-created self
emphasizes individual existence, freedom, and choice
-views that humans define their own meaning in life
existentialism
views that man is able to make rational decisions despite his
existence in an irrational universe
-We have no fixed essence as human beings
existentialism
We live in the moment and create our own selves moment by
moment
-Life has no inherent meaning – no core to give
purpose or direction. You can be anything you want
existentialism
