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Lecture 2 Flashcards

1
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Practical philosophy

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Philosophy of practice (why we do behave in this or that way)

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Practical philosophy questions why not how

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true

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Modernism -The enlightenment (reason and rational can lead the way)

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We are dealing with the modernity of practical philosophy in the modernity period. In that period modernism aims at justifying “ rationally not using religion “ the good from the bad.

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4
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David hume -Utilitarianism main rule

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Real is what do you sense

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Definition of impression

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What do you sense is an impression

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Definition of sensation

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What do you sense is sensation

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Impression and sensations are the same

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True

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Definition of ideas

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Ideas are traces of impression, they come from impressions

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You cant have ideas without impressions

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True

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What is pleasure

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Pleasure is a sensation or impression in harmony with the body

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What is pain

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Pain is a sensation or impression that is not in harmony with the body

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12
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Memories are types of ideas

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For example you have trace of pleasure when you remember your beloved

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Example

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Yesterday you ate cheesecake (Sensation/Impression)
You are now home; you remembered the cheesecake (idea trace of the impression/sensation) and you got hungry (Impression/sensation) This impression or sensation that is caused from an idea is called impression/sensation of reflection and it is the same as need/passion

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Passion / need

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It is an impression/sensation that is caused from an idea (Impression of reflection)

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Why do we act

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Action is due an idea that will cause gain of pleasureor reduction of pain
For example I am feeling pain because of the AC(sensation/ impression) , what I wanna do is an action why to reduce pain (motivation)

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Definition of motivation

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sensitive determination of the faculty of desire

example, i am hungry, i wann eat to avoid pain of hunger (why do iwanna eat is motivation)

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17
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My goal/objective is pleasure

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True

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Definition of intention

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intellectual determination of the will

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Example of intention

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For example you are hungry (sensation/impression)
What do you want to eat (cheesecake) cheesecake is called intention
why do i want to eat is motivation
Intention must be specific

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Intentions and motivations are not the same

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I am hungry and i wanna eat
How many different ways I can satisfy my passion for food hunger (intentions)
Why : because i am seeking pleasure (motivation)

21
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There are no passions/desires without pleasures

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True

22
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Pleasures results in desires/passions

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True

23
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What do we desire/passion is pleasure

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True

24
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When object of pleasure variates, type of desire will variate

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True

25
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Types of desires/interests/motivations (objects that can bring you pleasure)

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Physical 
sympatatic
moral
political
religous
26
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In Physical motives you have

These are motivations

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Interest of the palate(what you eat)
Interest of Sexual pleasure
Interest of Sensual pleasure (massage)
Interest of Existence (stay alive)

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In Sympatatic motives you have

these are motivations

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Interest of the heart
Interest of the closet
Interest of the Gall Bladder (Antipathy)
Interest of self (Self interest)

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In moral and popular motives you have

these are motivations

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Interest of intellect (pleasure to learn)

Interest of success (pleasure to have success)

29
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In political and legal motives you have

these are motivations

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Interest of scepter (Ambition)
Interest of purse (pleasure to make money)
Interest of pilllow (avoid to work and get money)

30
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In religious motives you have

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Interest of the altar (religious duty)

31
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motivation is different from intention which is different action which is different from consequence of the action

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They are all different

32
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See your neighbor stealing, you go to police to report him

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Intention of the action :report your neighbor thieve (What u want to do) good
Why : because you hate him (motivation) (bad motivation)
Consequence : he went to jail (Good)

33
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You can have good motivation with bad intention and vice versa

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True

34
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Hate in itself is neither good nor bad

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True

35
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All the motivations are neutral (neither good nor bad)

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Depending on the consequence you will have good or bad

36
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In the example of stealing (if you report out of love of justice, it will be better because you will be more probable to report more and more) (Higher tendency to report)

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True

Not because of love is better than hate

37
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There are somethings called values

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Respect your parents
Be friendly
Dont harm
be generuous

38
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values

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Motives that essentially prevent bad actions

u report a steal criminal because u love justice (value)

39
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Values are attributed by the society not by individuals

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True

40
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How can u know if pleasure or motives is negatively or positively appreciated by the society

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You look at the language connotations 
For food 
( neutral need for food
positively good living 
negatively gluttony)
for sex 
you dont have positive , you have negative (lust)
for sensual
(luxury)
41
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Why sex is not appreciated by society

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Because it only benefit the close ones (no collective benefit)
but if you have a dinner with people ( collective benefit)
However sex in itself is neither bad or good

42
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Social values

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Motives that essentially prevent bad action and is appreciated by the society

43
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Temptation ( struggle between two pleasures)

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dEf :inclination to harm
when u have a seducing motive (having sex with girfriend of a friend) divided by occassional motives (friend is traveling friend and she is in agreement no risks) versus confronting motives ( values love of justice, love of justice )

44
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overall project

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secularizaion of morality

Phil 210 (21 decks)

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