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 the nature of God/gods and religious belief.
What is logic?
Analytical study based on strict principles of validity.
What is the main 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 used on a more day-to-day basis (vernacular), while formal logic is analytical through mathematically necessary relationships.
Name 2 of the 7 main elements of a 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
Name 3 of the 6 major root 'theism' categories.
1.) Monotheism 2.) Polytheism 3.) Pantheism 4.) Henotheism 5.) Non-Theism 6.) Anti-Theism
Name 2 of the 5 first-order logic connectors.
1.) Conjunction (AND) 2.) Disjunction (OR) 3.) Negation (NOT) 4.) Logical Consequence (THEREFORE) 5.) Conditional Arrow (IF...THEN)
What is the core motive of an argument with a 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 inherently selfish and violent?
Thomas Hobbes
What is the major difference between compatibilistic and hard deterministic free will?
Compatibilism argues that both determinism and free will can coexist. While hard determinism argues that free will does not exist.
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 heads.
It is logically valid.
What is Moral Emotivism?
The meta-ethical perspective that moral judgments do not express truth or falsity, but rather are solely direct expressions of subjectivity.
What is the Social Contract Theory?
People give up freedoms in exchange for policies and government systems.
What is Temporal Self-Compression?
As distant memories fade, the distinct self becomes a more generic version; past/future selves become blurred compared to the present self.
Name the 4 major branches of Hinduism.
1.) Shaivism 2.) Vaishnavism 3.) Shaktism 4.) Smartism
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