Are Our Lives Predetermined? (Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan)
Are Our Lives Predetermined? (Paul- Henri Thiry, Baron d'Holbach)
Are Our Lives Predetermined? (W.T.Stace)
Do we have An Obligation to Help Others?
How much do you know about Hedonism and Altruism
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What did Radhakrishnan argue?
Radhakrishnan argues karma. Which eventually connects us to our past and is compatible with freedom as we have the creative power to shape our future
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Name two things they argued about humans?
1) Humans are subjects to the law of nature.
2) Humans have little control over their lives.
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What sis W.T Stace aruge?
Stace argues that there is no real arguement about free will vs. determinism.
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Rand belived we should expect nothing __________.
Unearned.
This is because he believes that we should give in order to recieve.
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What is Psychological hedonism?
Psychological hedonism is the theory that all human choice is motivated by a desire for pleasure and aviods any pain.
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What is Karma, according to Radhakrishnan?
Karma connects us to out past, and is compatible with freedom as we have the creative power to shape out future.
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How do you become truly free?
You can become truly free by make decisions with out motives.
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What are unfree actions?
Unfree actions come from externam physical force.
Example is that a person confesses to stealing money because they were getting beat.
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What is a trader?
Rand says everyone should act as traders. Earning what they get. A trader is a person who never sees others as lesser , but always equal with something of value of be exchanged.
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What is moral hedonism?
The duty to increase their own pleasure and avoid pain.
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No, It does not lead us to predestination.
Does Karma lead us to predestination
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What did they say humans were?
Humans are completely material beings with no soul and no spiritual dimenson.
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If there were no free will then there could be no ____________.
Morality
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Does Rand believe we have an obligation to help others?
Rand believes we do not have an obligation to help others because he says if helping others brings us joy then it would be the rational and moral thing to do.
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Give an explantion of Hedonism.
1) Ones own pleasure should be the goal of all actions.
2) Pleasure is the sole good.
3) Seen as egoistic.
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What are the two aspects of karma?
1) Continuing on the the past
2) The freedom of ourselves to plan our future outcome.
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What did Pual- Henri Thiry and Baron d' Holbach deny?
They denied the existence of god.
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Does free will exisit?
Free will does exists because it is used in everday language. Although some philosophers have created an inaccurate definition for the term free will.
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What did Rand argue?
He argued that because nature provides us with no means to guarantee our survivial , we should look afer ourselves
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What is Altruism?
Altruism is the quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others.
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What is freedom according to Radhakrishnan?
According to Radhakrishnan , freedom is self determination.
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What will bring people great happiness?
Humans are the results of learned habits and if people believe in right or wrong, This will bring them the great happiness
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Give an example of free will.
Answers may vary.
Example: Some one admits to stealing money because they wanted to tell the truth.
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What did Rand believe our highest moral purpose was in life?
He believed that out highsest moral purpose in life is our acheivements of our own happiness.
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Give an explantion of Altruism.
1) Happines is found in living for others.
2) Always act to increase the pleasure of others.
3) Will perform acts to help others even if it decresase their own pleasure or cause them pain