Midterms Flashcards
Considered as a “must have” among young Filipinos (ABS-CBN)
Mobile phone
Punished to roll a boulder up the hill his entire life.
Phronesis
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.
Meaningful life
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.
Life of pleasure
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.
Life of pleasure
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.
Materialism
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.
Hedonism
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.
Stoicism
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).
Theism
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).
Ultimate goal of life
“techne” and “logos”; a discourse on art (Buchanan, 2010)
Technology
“good spirited”
Describes the pinnacle of happiness that is attainable by humans
“human flourishing”
Eudaimonia
A discipline is science if it can be confirmed or interpreted in the event of an alternative hypothesis being accepted.
Premium or empiricism
Verification Theory
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.
Vienna Circle
mental or emotional state of well-being which can be defined by, among others, positive or pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy.
Happines
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.
William Shakespeare
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
Plato
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
Fulfilled life
According to __________, we all want to be happy.
We value many things because they are a means to other things.
Aristotle
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.
Humanism
