Module 3 Flashcards
states that our emotions are part of our “spiritual soul”.
Plato in his book “The Republic”
Plato further argued that to live a good life, we need to let our _____ take over our “spiritual soul.
rational soul
says that feelings give meaning to our moral actions
A.J Ayer or Alfred Jules Ayer
is the philosophical tradition that says that genuine knowledge can only be attained through scientific observation, experimentation, and comparison of data in both the natural and social
world
positivism
Ayer argues that our concept of what is ____ and ____ are expressions of our feelings of approval or disapproval
good and evil
Your judgment of what is morally right or wrong depends on how you feel about it.
emotivism
does not believe in a universal moral standard because emotions vary on every person.
emotivism
says that emotions are the most important elements of human existence
Max Ferdinand Scheler
Using phenomenology – the philosophical study of human consciousness – he classifies feelings into four different strata
Max Ferdinand Scheler
What are the Four Strata of Feelings?
Sensual feelings
Vital feelings
Psychic feelings
Spiritual feelings
Bodily pleasures or pain
sensual feelings
Life functions e.g. health, sickness
vital feelings
Aesthetics, justice, scientific knowledge
psychic feelings
Divine experience is an example of what?
Spiritual feelings
refer to those that directly provide bodily pleasure and pain.
sensual feelings
refer to those sensations that affect you as a living being.
Vital feelings
refer to those some abstract concepts of feeling.
Psychic feelings
refer to something of divine value
spiritual feelings
are most important because this is the only feeling that is intentional
spiritual feelings
depend on things that are external to a person.
spiritual feelings
emotions can turn your moral judgment into a
prescriptive type
criticisms about relying on emotions as a judge to your actions such as the following
- Emotions show partiality.
- Emotions draw our perspective away.
- Emotions are capricious.
If you base your moral decisions on your emotions, you cannot decide ______
objectively
our emotions are very ______. Feelings change over time, and sometimes instantly
volatile
insist that the individual person is the only one who should determine whether actions are right or wrong.
subjectivist
assert personal independence and autonomy.
moral subjectivists
