Philosophy 201 Final Exam

Cumulative exam on ethics and the 'self.' The focus for both subjects is on the following thinkers: Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Bentham, Mill, Kant, Kongzi, Descarte, Hume, Laozi, and Aquinas (in addition to some less influential philosophers.

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Cards In This Set

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2 types of virtue identified by Aristotle
Intellectual and moral
2 types of good identified by Aristotle
Intrinsic and instrumental
Final good identified by Aristotle
Happiness
3 considerations for categorical imperative
Maxim
-can it be universal law
-would you will it to be universal law
Theorists of consequential ethics
Mill, Bentham, Gyekye, Maimonides
Theorists of agent focus ethics
Hume, Socrates, Laozi (or other Daoists)
Theorists focusing on principle or non-person to determine 'ethical'
Aquinas, St. Catherine of Siena
Term for Kant's type of ethics
Deontological
2 branches of utilitarian ethics
Individual/community
2 branches off community ethics
Act/rule
What would be true about Natural Law?
-It was proposed by a medieval philosopher and is used today by some philosophers
-it suggest that determination of "rightness" is a process of discovery (discovering what the Divine has already infused within)
-it implies that there are universally- moral laws within the universe
What theorist would insist that context is essential to the determination of "ethical"?
Aristotle
Catherine's "you must know yourself and understand yourself well to be able to set your life in order" reflects what other philosopher?
Socrates
What would be consistent with Hume's view in regards to determining "ethical"?
-it is an a posteriori determination
-the determination is inevitably and appropriately subjective
What are the three major foci in determining "ethical"?
Agent, Outcome, Transcendental