Religion Theorists

Question 1

Who developed Teleological Ethics

Answer 1

Aristotle

Question 2

Aristotle believed humans are _________ & __________________.

Answer 2

Rational, Intelligent

Question 3

Why are goals/aim necessary according to Aristotle?

Answer 3

Helps attain what we want, without aim there is no happiness.

Question 4

How do we develop good habits?

Answer 4

Developing good habits is based on rational actions.

Question 5

To become virtuous you must …..

Answer 5

continuously choose to do the virtuous thing until it becomes a habit.

Question 6

Who created the Doctrine of the Mean?

Answer 6

Aristotle

Question 7

What is the Doctrine of the Mean?

Answer 7

Actions should be done in moderation.

Question 8

What is an example of the Doctrine of the Mean?

Answer 8

Stinginess – Generosity – Extravagance.

Question 9

What theorist developed a practical application of philosophy/ethics?

Answer 9

Kant

Question 10

What was the name of Kant’s ethics?

Answer 10

Deontological Ethics

Question 11

What philosopher concerned himself with one’s duty?

Answer 11

Kant.

Question 12

What were the three pillars of Kant’s ethics that help us reach supreme good?

Answer 12

God = Needed to help achieve supreme good.
Freedom = Choose to be good because it is our duty.
Immortality = A life beyond to achieve good.

Question 13

The will to do our duty because it is our duty.

Answer 13

Goodwill

Question 14

Everyone has the __________ to act according to their Goodwill.

Answer 14

Autonomy

Question 15

What is moral worth measured by?

Answer 15

The motive behind the action.

Question 16

What are actions based on according to Kant?

Answer 16

Maxims.
(A person shouldn’t base their actions on their own personal motives but on ethical maxims.)

Question 17

What is an ethical maxim?

Answer 17

The principle that applies to every rational person.

Question 18

What does Kant say about lying.

Answer 18

Lying takes away others freedom to choose to do good.

Question 19

Who said that you can’t treat people as a means to an end?

Answer 19

Kant

Question 20

Kant believes you must treat everyone with ________ & ___________.

Answer 20

Respect, dignity.

Question 21

Who developed relational ethics?

Answer 21

Levinas

Question 22

What was Levinas’s main concern?

Answer 22

To maintain the uniqueness of a thought or action.

Question 23

Who said traces of God/Good are in all things?

Answer 23

Levinas

Question 24

Traces = __________
God = __________

Answer 24

Finite, Infinite

Question 25

The face is the most ___________ part of the body.

Answer 25

Naked

Question 26

The eyes penetrate all ______ and have immediate contact with ___ ____________.

Answer 26

Masks, The Other.

Question 27

Uniqueness grants us ________.

Answer 27

Respect.

Question 28

What does the Other expect from us?
(3 things)

Answer 28

Respect, uniqueness, and authority.

Question 29

Is the Other superior to us?

Answer 29

Yes, the Other is our superior.

Question 30

What does the Other give us/make us?

Answer 30

The other gives us freedom and responsibility, it makes us aware of our actions.

Question 31

The Other aims to show us that we aren’t ________.

Answer 31

Innocent.

Question 32

What is goodness according to Levinas?

Answer 32

Responsibility for the Other.

Question 33

How does God reach/touch us?

Answer 33

Through the Other.