Pre Finals Flashcards
Reason can legislate, but only through will can legislation be translated into action.
Aristotle
“The Power of Volition”
Aristotle
The will of humanity is an instrument of free choice. It is within the power of everyone to be good or bad, worthy or worthless. This is borne out by:
+Our inner awareness of an aptitude to do right or wrong;
+The common testimony of all human being;
+The reward and punishment of rulers; and
+The general employment of praise and blame
Human beings have the unique power to change themselves and the things around them for the better ]
St. Thomas Aquinas
“Love is Freedom”
St. Thomas Aquinas
Moral Agent
Human Beings
It is a union of humanity with God
Perfection by Participation
4 Fold Classification of Law
+Eternal law
+Natural law
+Human law
+Divine law
The decree of God that governs all creations (unchangeable)
Eternal Law
Applies only to human beings; good: sought after, evil: avoided (preserved your life)
Natural Law
Obedience with man-made laws
Human Law
Law of transcending human being’s nature basing on internal disposition
Divine Law
That shares with all other beings, namely, the desire to conserve human life and forbids the contrary.
Natural Law
According to him, both natural and human laws are concerned with ands determined simply by humanity’s nature.
Aquinas
According to him, the purpose of a human being is to be happy.
Aristotle
According him, he follows the same line of thinking, but points to a higher for happiness
St. Thomas
Establishes the existence of bad as a first cause of all God’s creations, human beings have the unique power to change themselves and things around them for the better
Spiritual Freedom
said that women should be educated to please men. Moreover, he believes that women should be useful to men, should take care, advise, console men, and to render men’s lives easy and agreeable.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
influenced the development of modern political, sociological, and educational thought.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
women should not just to be valued until their beauty fades; it is the fate of the fairest of flowers to be admired and pulled to pieces by the careless hand that plucked.
Mary Wollstonecraft
She believes that women must be united to men in wisdom and rationality
Mary Wollstonecraft
says that humankind is a conversation
Martin Heidegger
a life of dialog is a mutual sharing of our inner selves in the realm of the interhuman.
Buber