FINAL CRAM Flashcards
Sartre quote on feeling
‘feeling is formed by the deeds that one does; therefore, I cannot consult it as a guide to action’
quote thwart illustrates Sartre’s dubious jump from oneself to inter-subjectivity
‘nothing can be better for us unless it is better for all’
Sartre’s quote that goes against ‘existence precedes essence’
‘human universality of condition’
what fallacy does Sartre commit
fallacy of appeal to consequences
give an example of businesses not respecting employees’ positive and negative freedom
Nuclear power plant workers
Cicero
‘we do not aim to be rich for our sakes, but for the sakes of our children’
Donnelley and Bishop
xn ethics offers no practical method of tackling environmental problems
Who illustrates why kANTIAN ethics is useful for environmental problems
Heidegger
Aristotle on nature
‘plants exist for the sake of animals… all other animals exist for the sake of man’
Scott Davison on NL and nature
eudaemonia is not achievable without treating environment with respect
Hursthouse on the status of the foetus
it’s a ‘metaphysical question’ and so unreasonable to demand an answer as a precondition to allowing abortion or not
Taylor on Singer
singer’s principle leads to the subordination of sanctity of life principle
Sartre on whether god exists or not
‘northing can save man from himself, not even a valid proof for the existence of god’
