Midterms

Question 1

Considered as a “must have” among young Filipinos (ABS-CBN)

Answer 1

Mobile phone

Question 2

Punished to roll a boulder up the hill his entire life.

Answer 2

Phronesis

Question 3

Devotion to a cause: e.g. fighting against racism or protecting the environment. Or they may be thoroughly immersed in and engaged with some particular community: e.g. a church, a soccer team, or a school.

Answer 3

Meaningful life

Question 4

The view that pleasure is the good, or, to put I another way, that pleasure is what makes life worth living, is known as hedonism.

Answer 4

Life of pleasure

Question 5

The view that pleasure is the good, or, to put I another way, that pleasure is what makes life worth living, is known as hedonism.

Answer 5

Life of pleasure

Question 6

The atomist philosophers thought that universe and matter are only made up of atoms “atomos” or seeds. These are indivisible particles, assembled by chance and in a purely mechanical way. The founders of this theory was the Greek philosopher Leucippus and his disciple Democritus (around 460 – 370 B.C.). This belief aims that comfort, pleasure, and wealth are the only highest goals.

Answer 6

Materialism

Question 7

Since life is limited, one must indulge itself with pleasures—“Eat, drink, and be merry for tomorrow we die”. They strive to maximize their total pleasure, the difference of pleasure and pain, and if the pleasure was finally gained, happiness remains fixed.

Answer 7

Hedonism

Question 8

Asserts that virtue (e.g., wisdom) is happiness and judgment should be based acts on behavior rather than words. People do not have any control and must not rely on external events, only for themselves and their responses.

Answer 8

Stoicism

Question 9

Belief that one or more gods exist within the universe, and that gods are often omniscient (all-knowing), omnipotent (all-powerful) and omnipresent (all-pervasive).

Answer 9

Theism

Question 10

Aristotle thought that true happiness is found by leading a virtuous life and doing what is work doing. He argued that realizing human potential is the ultimate human goal.” (Boniwell, 2008).

Answer 10

Ultimate goal of life

Question 11

“techne” and “logos”; a discourse on art (Buchanan, 2010)

Answer 11

Technology

Question 12

“good spirited”
Describes the pinnacle of happiness that is attainable by humans
“human flourishing”

Answer 12

Eudaimonia

Question 13

A discipline is science if it can be confirmed or interpreted in the event of an alternative hypothesis being accepted.
Premium or empiricism

Answer 13

Verification Theory

Question 14

These are group of scholars who believe that:
only those which can be observed should be regarded as meaningful; and
reject those which cannot be directly accessed as meaningless.

Answer 14

Vienna Circle

Question 15

mental or emotional state of well-being which can be defined by, among others, positive or pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy.

Answer 15

Happines

Question 16

English playwright, poet, and actor, once quoted: “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players; they have their exits and entrances, and one man in his time plays many parts…” Every living creature is meant to become what it is meant to be.

Answer 16

William Shakespeare

Question 17

claims, enjoys a sort of inner harmony, whereas the wicked person, no matter how rich and powerful he may be or how many pleasure he enjoys, is disharmonious, fundamentally at odds with himself and the world

Answer 17

Plato

Question 18

According to Aristotle, we all want to be happy.

We value many things because they are a means to other things. For instance, we value money because it enables us to buy things we want; we value leisure because it gives us time to pursue our interests. But happiness is something we value not as a means to some other end but for its own sake

Answer 18

Fulfilled life

Question 19

According to __________, we all want to be happy.

We value many things because they are a means to other things.

Answer 19

Aristotle

Question 20

affirms that human beings have the right and responsibility to give meaning and shape their own lives. “it is not theistic and does not accept supernatural views of reality”—IHEU; International Humanist and Ethical Union.

Answer 20

Humanism