It's All Greek To Me
Aristotle believed that someone who cultivated these would become a moral person who is able to make ethical decisions
What are virtues?
This type of leader leads by example
What is a Junzi?
This is an ethical theory that focuses on outcomes/that advocates for greatest net happiness for the community/ that seeks to maximize pleasure and minimize pain
What is Utilitarianism?
Whether an action is morally right or wrong depends on a person’s this
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What is ChatGPT?
Aristotle thought that a life worth living meant that you were never done improving, that we should constantly be striving for this
What is Eudaimonia?
Confucius considered these a stabilizing force in society, they stand between us and desire and help us understand how to behave
What are rituals?
What is intensity?
This aspect of Kant’s framework says to act only on a maxim which you can will that it should become universal law.
What is the Categorical Imperative?
In Professor So's lecture on dilemmas in artificial intelligence, he uses the example of this company's hiring practice that led to discriminatory behaviour
What is Amazon?
In order to make moral choices, Aristotle advised looking at whatever a practice’s this was -- like how in a democratic community, the citizens needed to be truthful when speaking about their beliefs
What is telos?
Like Aristotle, Confucius thought that virtues were cultivated through this -- Tove Lo might also agree
What is habit?
Another part of the utility calculus, this indicates proximity
What is propinquity?
In order to determine whether something is ethically correct, Kant recommends doing this
What is a thought experiment?
Magogodi Makhene gave a guest lecture about this chapter in her book "Innards," which was told from the perspective of a White Afrikaner
What is "The Virus"?
Aristotle lived in a free democracy that depended on this, leading him to emphasise virtues like courage, pride, patience, truthfulness, wisdom, and justice, which in turn contributed to this
What is polis?
Confucius thought that context is key to virtuous action, so he believed in the importance of the right this when making a decision
What is timing?
Donating to charity might be seen as an action with high this, since not only does it benefit other people, their happiness makes me additionally happy
What is fecundity?
Kant disagrees with this philosophical framework because it is impossible to predict consequences of an action and, therefore, its morality
What is Utilitarianism?
In Professor Colin Graham's lecture, he talks about how in the emergency department doctors often suffer from this -- a tendency to over-remember bad news and outcomes rather than good cases
What is recall bias?
The process of creating character through constant experience so that virtues became instinctive is known as this
What is phronesis?
These six virtues were among those critical to Confucius
What are consideration, loyalty, benevolence, humility, propriety, and knowledge?
This is the place where Bentham was born, as well as David Beckham, Elizabeth Taylor, and Elton John
What is London?
Kant says your actions must account for others and you shouldn’t use anybody as this
What is means to an end?
Professor Tan Yen Joe's lecture talked about how an earthquake that devastated the city of L’Aquila in this country raised questions about scientists’ responsibility in disaster prediction -- it was also the subject of one of the assigned readings
Italy