Philosophical concepts
Signposting
What is the term for an author describing what will be or has been achieved in a piece of writing?
Appetite, spirit and reason
An archer without a target
To what does Aristotle compare someone who hasn't thought about the central goals of their life?
Orators and tyrants
Who, according to Socrates, is not truly free?
Existence precedes essence
What is the basic tenet of Sartre's existentialism?
Something is captured by your definition that shouldn't be
When is a definition too broad?
The desires for truth and goodness
What sorts of desires does the rational part of the soul have?
Activity of the soul in accord with virtue
What, according to Aristotle, is human happiness?/What is the task of a human being?
Because they are controlled by their own appetites
Why is the tyrant not free?
Radical choice
What, according to Ruth Benedict, does it mean to say something is moral?
Objection
What is the term for a problem or counterargument raised against a premise of the author's argument?
Because we have contradictory desires
Why does Plato take the soul to have parts?
Money is naturally a means of exchange
Why does Aristotle think money should not be the goal of life?
Because committing injustice harms one's own soul
Because there is no God
Why, according to Jean-Paul Sartre, must we determine the essence of humanity ourselves?
Something is not included in your definition that should be
When is a definition too narrow?
Good in itself and for its effects
What type of good is justice, according to Socrates in Republic II?
It meets all of your needs
What criterion for human flourishing does Aristotle introduce in Nicomachean Ethics I 7?
Just punishment
What type of punishment is good for you, according to Socrates?
The oppressed
Whose responsibility is it to bring about justice, according to Albert Camus?
Premises and conclusion
What are the parts of an argument?
Glaucon and Adeimantus want to show Socrates how he should praise justice
Why do Glaucon and Adeimantus take the side of Thracymachus and praise the unjust life?
A virtuous person could spend their life asleep and would not lead a good life
How does Aristotle argue that virtue is not the same as happiness?
Bad faith