PoM Week 6 Flashcards
1
Q
Who believed that modern morality is divorced from human needs and desires, following rules that are there for their own sake?
A
G.E.M. Anscombe
2
Q
Anscombe: “that I refrain from stealing is hardly to be (1.)__, if I have no (2.)__ to do so! But a starving man who (3.)__ to steal food because he knows it is wrong is (4.)__ of praise.”
A
- lauded
- inclination
- refuses
- worthy
3
Q
What did Aristotle believe was humanities final cause?
A
Eudaimonia
4
Q
What is Akrasia?
A
“Weakness of will” we lack the strength to overcome our animalistic instincts
5
Q
What does Enkratos mean?
A
The self-controlled man
6
Q
What did Socrates believe about behaving wrongly?
A
Socrates believed that we cannot knowingly act wrongly because a rational person would always behave right. Therefore wrong action consists in ignorance of right.
