Identity and Commitments
Charles Taylor
Identity and Direction
Where Do I Stand?
Random Questions
100
Human sense of direction
What is MORAL ORIENTATION
100
Where was Charles Taylor born?
MONTREAL, CANADA.
100
Humans are framed by commitments universally shared by groups of people, and by what we understand as ____
PARTICULAR IDENTIFICATIONS
100
Without this, we wander aimless at the mercy of whatever is able to attract our interest.
What is COMMITMENT
100
Spell your name backwards.
Cool.
200
Without commitment, individuals lose their sense of direction and significance, which is known as ..
What is IDENTITY CRISIS
200
What is meant by a multi-tiered identity?
A persons identity is not merely one title or another, but many different commitments, stances, and values put together.
200
FINISH THIS SENTENCE: Our identity is often declared by only ___ of these, because it describes what is most _______ to us at that time.
ONE and IMPORTANT
200
The commitments you make define your ____
REALITY
200
Important values, such as faith, and care for the other, are not able to be sustained simply from_____and _____ideas
HUMANISTIC and SECULARISTIC
300
Something you are passionate about, and is morally rewarding.
What is A MORAL COMMITMENT?
300
Comes from aspiring to live well, and asking yourself where you stand in relation to the good.
What is 'DIRECTION' ACCORDING TO TAYLOR?
300
The branch of philosophy that involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong conduct.
What is ETHICS
300
Your commitments have a direct impact on your _____.
ACTIONS
300
A worldview centered on human interests and values, and the individual's capacity for self-realization through reason and action. They generally reject reference to the divine.
What is HUMANISM?
400
Acute form of disorientation
What is AN IDENTITY CRISIS?
400
This gives people something measurable from which to base moral decisions on. This provides the orientation for living well, and knowing one's identity.
What is TAYLOR'S MORAL FRAMEWORK?
400
These questions arise according to your moral stance
What is LIFE'S QUESTIONS
400
CONGRATULATIONS, YOUR GROUP JUST WON A FREE POINT
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400
A worldview that rejects religion and religious considerations. They accept only critical reason.
What is SECULARISM?
500
The direction one takes in life because of moral commitments.
What is MORAL ORIENTATION?
500
While ____ comes from rational thought, and the decisions that result from this thought, this is not the only factor in a persons _____
What is IDENTITY
500
CONGRATULATIONS, YOUR GROUP JUST WON A FREE POINT
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500
Something a person lives by. It dictates what they think is good or bad to do.
What are MORALS?
500
Does anyone know the time right now?
Thanks. You get 500 pts
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