Intro Key words Flashcards
Duty
A moral or legal obligation; a responsibility
Noble
Having or showing high moral standards
Virtue
Behaviour showing high moral standards
Summum Bonum
A state of prefect happiness which everyone ought to want to work towards (Kant).
Post Mortem
Happening after death
Categorical Imperitive
An absolute requirement that must be obeyed For Kant, “Act only according to that maxim whereby you can, at the same time, will that it should become a universal law”.
Natural Law
A body of unchanging moral principles regarded as a basis for all human conduct as observed in the behaviour of human beings
Gradation
A scale or series of successive changes, stages or degrees (Aquinas)
Arcehtype
A very typical, ‘perfect’ or pure vision of a certain person or thing.
Heaven/ Hell
Concepts of eternal existence as either reward or punishment; realms following death.
