Morality/Ethics
What is the Golden Rule?
Treat others how you want to be treated.
What is Political Philosophy?
The field of philosophy that studies theoretical systems, like government, law, and social systems.
What is the philisophical study concerning knowledge and its validity?
Epistemology
What is Theology?
The study of God/gods and religious belief.
What is logic?
Analytical study based on strict principles of validity.
What is the difference between morality and ethics?
Morality is more individual/personal, while ethics is more social/cultural.
What is Anarchism?
abolishing hierarchical government and solely having self-governance and trust in others.
Which life-value practice teaches to find value by defining your own actions and choices?
Existentialism
The Sunni and the Shia are branches of what major religion?
Islam
What is the major difference between informal and formal logic?
Informal logic is analytical in a more day-to-day basis (semantics), while formal logic is analytical through mathematically necessary relationships.
Name 2 of the 7 virtues of a good morality.
1.) Fairness/Justice 2.) Harm/Care 3.) Responsibility/Duty 4.) Honesty 5.) Community/Common Good 6.) Freedom 7.) Humility
Name 1 of the 4 values shared within political systems.
1.) Freedom 2.) Equality 3.) Justice 4.) Order
Name 3 of the 5 models of self-identity.
1.) Psychological 2.) Narrative 3.) Social 4.) Illusory 5.) Transcendental
1.) Monotheism 2.) Polytheism 3.) Pantheism 4.) Henotheism 5.) Non-Theism 6.) Anti-Theism
What does a premise always do in a logically valid argument?
Supports the conclusion.
What is the core argument of the horizontal perspective?
The more someone has of what is needed, the more valuable they are. (usually time or skills)
Which major political philosopher thought humans were selfish and violent?
Thomas Hobbes
What is the major difference between libertarian and deterministic free-will?
Libertarian free-will believes in true undetermined choices, while determinism believes in determined choices with no free-will.
What is the canon text of Buddhism?
The Tripitaka (Pali Canon)
Is the following argument logically valid?
There are more people than there are hairs on anyone’s head. So at least two people have the same number of hairs on their head.
It is logically valid.
How does Herbert Fingarette answer the question on valuing life?
He says it is a foolish, ironic question, stating that there is no answer.
What is the Social Contract Theory?
We give up freedoms in order to have policies and government systems.
What is Temporal Self-Compression?
As distance memories fade, the distinct self becomes a more generic version.
Name the 4 major branches of Hinduism.
1.) Shaivism 2.) Vaishnavism 3.) Shaktism 4.) Smartism
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Solution:
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