CHAPTER 2 - L1 Flashcards
the most significant thinker and the most accomplished individual who has ever lived.
ARISTOTLE (384-322 B.C.)
- The natural function of a thing is determined by its _______.
With respect to living things, there are particular ways of being that constitute the perfection of the living thing’s nature.
natural end
- According to Aristotle, there is an ______ of all of the actions that we perform which we desire for itself.
end
a property of one’s life when considered as a whole.
- Eudaimonia
the highest good of human endeavors and that toward which all actions aim. It is success as a human being. The best life is one of excellent human activity.
- Flourishing
- For him, the good is what is good for purposeful, goal-directed entities.
ARISTOTLE (384-322 B.C.)
the good of each species is ______ to that species. A person’s nature as a human being provides him with guidance with respect to how he should live his life.
teleologically immanent
means “good for” the individual moral agent.
- Good
an integral part of Aristotle’s ethics.
- Egoism
- In the fields of hard science, the process of inquiry is more direct and finite:
o Take a question.
o use evidence to form an explanation;
o connect that explanation to existing knowledge; and
o communicate that evidence-based explanation.
- Experimentation based on the scientific method follows a similar course:
o Combine a scientific question with research to construct a hypothesis;
o conduct experiments to test that hypothesis;
o evaluate the results to draw conclusions; and
o communicate those conclusions.
- Kids usually form a basic opinion about the sciences shortly after ______.
beginning school
one of the most important subjects in school due to its relevance to students’ lives and the universally applicable problem-solving and critical thinking skills it uses and develops.
- Science education
are 8 goals that UN Member States have agreed to try to achieve by the year 2015.
United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
- The United Nations Millennium Declaration, signed in _______, commits world leaders to combat poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation, and discrimination against women.
September 2000