ethics (1)

Question 1

free will (12)

p, a, 5
l, d, srt, sc, ro

Answer 1

(1) free will (general)
(2) pelagius
(3) support/criticism for pelagius
(4) arminius
(5) article 5
(6) varying views (wesley, luther, erasmus, calvin/’tulip’, wes/’acura’, arminianism/’parts’)

(7) libertarianism (via phil, science, psych)
(8) lib/FW vs determinism
(9) strengths/weaknesses + scholars
(10) jean-paul sartre
(11) FW and science
(12) carl rogers (+criticism)

Question 2

deontological ethics (16)

finnis
CG, legal

pp, evil, acts

s/w, cp, imm

Answer 2

(1) john finnis
(2) finnis’ basic goods (+key points, application)
(3) finnis’ theoretical vs practical reason
(4) finnis’ 9 requirements

(5) using 7Gs+9Rs for actions
(6) finnis’ common good + authority
(7) laws/legal system + finnis’ DE
(8) strengths/weaknesses

(9) proportionalism
(10) bernard hoose’s PP
(11) PP pre-moral vs ontic evil
(12) PP good vs right act

(13) PP + natural law/agape love
(14) PP’s strengths/weaknesses
(15) capital punishment (PP for/against)
(16) immigration (pp for/against)

Question 3

determinism (12)

au, jc
h, p, s, p
iv, th
mod, more, support, s/w

Answer 3

(1) PD - augustine
(2) PD - john calvin

(3) hard determinism
(4) philosophical determinism
(5) scientific determinism
(6) psychological determinism

(7) ivan pavlov (+john watson)
(8) thomas hobbes + a.j. ayer (classical/sd)

(9) modern soft determinists
(10) thomas hobbes/a.j. ayer (more)
(11) supporting SD scholars
(12) strengths/weaknesses of SD

Question 4

ethical thought (18)

met/no, non/cog, mor/anti
en, n
fh, mo, s/w, ch

mat/intuit, moral thinking, pr, ros, sw
em, subvem, s/w, presc

Answer 4

(1) meta/normative ethics (general)
(2) cog/non-cog (general)
(3) moral realism/moral anti-realism

(4) ethical naturalism (+objective moral laws, natural world)
(5) naturalist types (+meta-ethical statements)

(6) f.h. bradley
(7) moore (naturalistic fallacy, open question)
(8) challenges to ethical naturalism (+hume)
(9) naturalism strengths/weaknesses

(10) meta-ethical approaches/intuitionism
(11) h.a. pritchard
(12) w.d. ross
(13) general moral thinking
(14) intuitionism strengths/weaknesses

(15) emotivism
(16) subjectivism vs emotivism
(17) emotivism strengths/weaknesses
(18) prescriptivism (+hare, strengths/weaknesses)