Religious Studies TMA1 Flashcards

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Teleological argument

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𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥, 𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘎𝘰𝘥.

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omnipotent

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having unlimited power.

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omniscient

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knowing everything.

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anthropomorphism

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the attribution of human characteristics or behavior to a god, animal, or object.

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Ontology

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𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺

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a priori

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𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.

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ontological argument

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It is a conceptual truth that God is a being than which none greater can be imagined.

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Contingency

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𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘦.

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doctrine

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a set of beliefs held and taught by a Church, political party, or other group.

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Reductio ad absurdum

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𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘥

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empirical

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𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤.

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theism

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𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘧 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘥 𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘥𝘴, 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦.

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a posteriori (ey pos-sterry-ohr-ahy)

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knowledge derived from experience

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omnibenevolent

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perfect or unlimited goodness.

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Dystheism

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is the belief that God is not entirely good.

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theodicy

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𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭

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vindication

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𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘰𝘳 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥.

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credulity

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a tendency to be too ready to believe that something is true.

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genetic fallacy

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𝘈𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯, 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘴. “My parents told me that God exists, and they wouldn’t lie to me. Therefore, God exists.”

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Univocal

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𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨; 𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘰𝘶𝘴.

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equivocal

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open to more than one interpretation; ambiguous.

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determinism

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𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘴.

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Libertarianism

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claims that free will exists, and humans are able to choose between two options and do not have a predetermined choice

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Compatibilism (soft determinism)

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represent a middle ground, people do have a choice, but that choice is constrained by internal or external factors

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cognitivism
ethical sentences express objective propositions and therefore can only be true or false
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situation ethics
argues that ethical decisions should follow flexible guidelines rather than absolute rules.
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Virtue ethics
looks at the moral character of the person carrying out an action, rather than at ethical rules
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Natural moral law
is the belief that human beings have an innate power to undestand good and evil
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Fletchers four working principles
pragmatism(practicality), relativism(flexibility), positivism(faith in love), personalism (people before the law)