Relativism
Two examples of moral theories discussed in the lecture.
What are Divine Command Theory, Utilitarianism, Natural Law Theory, Cultural Relativism, Subjectivism (name 2)?
Psalm 127:3 states that "children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward." Explain what this has to do with the abortion issue.
What is: "God views children as a blessing, not as a punishment or inconvenience."
Professor Campbell argued that this first amendment clause is most under attack today.
What is the Free Exercise clause?
Some "pro-choice" philosophers argue that, while the fetus is a human, it is not yet a ______.
What is a person?
The Road to Freedom poses that there is a choice between these two economic structures
What is "government control" and "free enterprise?"
True or false: Cultural Relativism is the belief that different cultures have different moral codes.
Explain your answer
What is false? (To get credit for the question, you must explain why this definition falls short.)
Professor Phillip's definition of murder
What is "the intention killing of an innocent human being?"
The theological perspective held by some of the Founding Fathers (including George Washington) that saw a religious/moral foundation as critical for the structure of government to function.
What is civic republicanism?
Dr. Bryson stated that the origin of the fetus, its ________, does not have any bearing on its right to life.
What is location?
The author of the quote "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs."
Who is Karl Marx?
Dr. Bryson tells the story of searching for a "bushbaby" to illustrate this point.
What is: you must know the nature of what you are looking for in order to identify it. You cannot find truth or goodness without understanding the unifying characteristics that make them so.
Professor Philips argues that the central issue in the abortion debate is the nature of ___ _____.
What is "the fetus."
In Cantwell v. Connecticut and Everson v. Board of Education, SCOTUS applied these clauses of the First Amendment for the first time to state and local
governments.
What are the religious clauses?
Employment Division, Department of Human Resources of Oregon v. Smith, referenced in Professor Campbell's interview, addressed members of a Native American religion smoking peyote as a part of their religious observation. What did the Supreme Court rule?
What is "the Supreme Court ruled that the Free Exercise clause of the First Amendment did not secure the right to ingest the illegal hallucinogen, since the law prohibiting it was applicable to all citizens, and was not aimed at a religious group."
Hitler blamed this group for the Germany's economic struggles and the loss of World War I.
Who are the Jewish people?
The logical flaw in arguing for cultural relativism by claiming that all truth is relative/subjective?
What is "the claim itself is an objective statement."
In Psalm 139, the psalmist says "...you knitted me together in my mother's womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made...My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth." Explain this verse's relevance to the abortion issue, particularly for the Christian.
What is "the development and creation of a fetus is a result of direct action and intention by God."
In Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, the Supreme Court did not rule directly on freedom of religion itself but rather ruled according to this.
What is public hostility towards the baker's faith?
Dr. Byrson discussed the cannibalizing arguments for cultural relativism. Explain what the term means and give an example of a "cannibalizing" argument for moral relativism.
What is "self-refuting?"
Possible examples include "argument from tolerance," or "argument from open-mindedness and humility," or "who are you to say?"
The "peasant trials" existed under which dictator?
Who is Mao Zedong?
The two categories that moral theories are broken into, according to the lecture.
What are objectivism/realism and relativism/constructivism?
True or false: Dr. Bryson argues that, since abortion is a horrendous evil, all women who get an abortion must be considered equally and willfully in the wrong.
Explain your answer
What is "false"
For credit, explain why this is false.
The four different theological perspectives of the Founding Fathers.
What are Puritan, Evangelical, Enlightenment, and Civic Republican?
Dr. Bryson uses a valid, logical syllogism to explain the pro-life argument. Assuming premise 2 and the conclusion are true, what does premise 1 logically have to be?
Premise 1: ___ _____ __ __ ________ ____ _____.
Premise 2: It is always wrong to deliberately kill an innocent human being.
Conclusion: Therefore, it is wrong to kill the fetus.
What is "the fetus is an innocent human being?"
Solzhenitsyn referred to the occurrences of the gulag as the dictatorship of the ___________.
What is the "proletariat?"