PHI 112-Test 1, Part 3-Objectivism

Question 1

Define Weaker Objectivism

Answer 1

Treat values as emergent properties, or qualities in the nature of things.

Question 2

Who was Ralph Barton Perry?

Answer 2

An American pragmatist who states that value is simply the object of interest.

Question 3

Know the Objectivist response

Answer 3

Responds that we can separate the Good from what one desires.

Question 4

What is the main question to answer about relation of value to morality?

Answer 4

How are these forms of life justified?

Question 5

Define Objectivists

Answer 5

Societies norms

Question 6

Define Subjectivists

Answer 6

The individual’s norms.

Question 7

What is the combination view?

Answer 7

The combination view incorprates both aspects of objectivism and subjectivism views.

Question 8

Explain action in the happy life

Answer 8

We want to feel accomplished to do something, not have anything handed down to us.

Question 9

Explain freedom in the happy life

Answer 9

We not only want to do things, but we also want to make our own choices.

Question 10

Explain character in the happy life

Answer 10

We want to be someone

Question 11

Explain relationships in the happy life

Answer 11

We want to love and be loved by real people, not phantasms.

Question 12

Moral objectivism says…

Answer 12

There are SOME universal moral principles, valid for ALL people.