mommy
Avidya
cause of suffering and frustration IGNORANCE
Morality
the standards that an individual or group has about what is right and wrong or good and evil
Karma
energy you put out will come back to you cause and effect
Can't say it's always wrong
Egoism
Ethical theory that contends that we act morally when we act in a way that promotes our own interests
A school of psychology that resricts the study of human nature to what can be observed rather than states of consciousness
Claim of ignorance
Claim that God's existence can be neither proved nor disproved
Dharma
moral duties
1. Metaphysics 2. Epistemology 3. Ethics
(for double points explain what each one means)
Theology
a rational study of God, including religious doctrines
RULE Utilitarianism
If everyone followed your action it brings greatest happiness for greatest # of people
Excusability
When someone is not responsible for their actions
Samsara
cycle of birth and life reincarnation
Teleogy
Aristotle
View that natural organisms are designed to have a purpose or to achieve an end
Tautology
A statement that cannot be denied without inconsistencies or is true by definition
Theory of Forms
Plato
Physical world is made up of imperfect replicas of what we consider the perfect ideal
Prajna
Wisdom
Materialism
the metaphysical position that reality is ultimately composed of matter
Anthropomorphism
Attributing human qualities to non-human entities especially God
Pantheism
EVERYTHING IS GOD
Hedonism
view that only pleasure is intrinsically worthwhile and is the proper aim of life
Panentheism
God is changing and fixed, inclusive of all possibilities
David Hume's Idea of Humans
Bundle of perceptions
Divine Command Theory
claim that morality is ultimately based on the commands or character of God, and that the morally right action is the one that God commands or requires
____'s Leviathan
Hobbes' Leviathan
Western political philosophy, particularly in its ideas of a 'social contract' between ruler and ruled.