Basics and hedonism

Question 1

What is an argument?

Answer 1

Collection of propositions, one of which (conclusion) intended to support the rest (premise)

Question 2

Premise?

Answer 2

Reason for accepting conclusion

Question 3

Deductive argument

Answer 3

Where premises purport to give conclusive reason for accepting its conclusion

Question 4

deductively valid argument

Answer 4

Premises actually give conclusive reason for accepting the conclusion

Question 5

Invalidity

Answer 5

When an argument is possible for the premises to be true and the conclusion to be false

Question 6

Validity

Answer 6

When an argument has premises and conclusions that are consistent with each other

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Soundness

Answer 7

When an argument is valid and the premises are true

Question 8

Consistency

Answer 8

When it is possible for all statements in a collection to be true

Question 9

What is hedonism?

Answer 9

pursuit of pleasure, ethical theory that pleasure is the aim of life

Question 10

Basic tenets of hedonism

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1. How well your life is going is entirely determined by how happy you are
2. Happiness = pleasure or enjoyment
3. Happiness has intrinsic value
4. Nothing else has intrinsic value

Question 11

Value theory

Answer 11

What makes a good life

Question 12

Applied ethics

Answer 12

Situational

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Normative

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Moral ethics

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Meta ethics

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Abstract ideas

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Normativity

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Behavioral (ought)

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Descriptive

Answer 16

Laws not morality (is)

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What is happiness?

Answer 17

a state of mind, purely psychological

Question 18

Hedonic theory

Answer 18

happiness = pleasure

Question 19

Emotional state theory

Answer 19

happiness = a positive emotional state with distinctive feature

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Life satisfaction theory

Answer 20

happiness = being satisfied with your life

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What is intrinsic value?

Answer 21

“ultimate”; something that makes us better off by ourselves

Question 22

What is extrinsic value?

Answer 22

“instrumental”; something that makes us better off because they help us get something else

Question 23

Endorsement

Answer 23

feeling happy, cheerful, joyful

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Engagement

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Feeling energized, exuberant, in the zone

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Attunement

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Feeling relaxed, calm, confident

Question 26

The argument from correlation (hedonism)

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1. Happiness is positively correlated with well-being 2. The best explanation of the correlation between happiness and well being is that happiness has intrinsic value 3. Happiness has intrinsic value 4. Hedonism is true

Question 27

The argument from many models (hedonism)

Answer 27

1. There are many models of good life 2. The best explanation of the fact that there are many models of a good life is that happiness has intrinsic value 3. Happiness has intrinsic value 4. Hedonism is true

Question 28

The argument from care (hedonism)

Answer 28

1. We want the people we care about to be happy 2. The best explanation of the fact that we want the people we care about to be happy is that happiness has intrinsic value 3. Happiness has intrinsic value 4. Hedonism is true

Question 29

The objection of false beliefs (hedonism)

Answer 29

1. If hedonism is true, then happiness makes the same contribution to well being whether or not it is based on true beliefs or false ones 2. Happiness based on false beliefs contributes less to well being than happiness based on true beliefs 3. Hedonism is false)

Question 30

Why do most people say no to experience machine?

Answer 30

We want to do certain things, not just have subjective experiences associated with doing them.

Question 31

The objection from evil pleasures (hedonism)

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1. If hedonism is true, then happiness that comes from evil deeds has the same potential to make your life better as happiness that comes from good deed 2. Happiness that comes from evil deeds is not as good as happiness that comes from good deeds 3. Hedonism is false

Question 32

The objection from autonomy (hedonism)

Answer 32

1. If hedonism is true, then the personal autonomy contributes to well-being only insofar as it makes us happy 2. Personal autonomy sometimes contributes to well-being even when it doesn't make us happy 3. Hedonism is false

Question 33

The objection from life's trajectory (hedonism)

Answer 33

1. If hedonism is true, then the quality of a life depends solely on the amount of happiness and unhappiness it contains 2. The quality of life also depends on the trajectory of that life 3. Hedonism is false

Question 34

The objection form multiple harms (hedonism)

Answer 34

1. If hedonism if true, then the only way you can be harmed by something is if it makes you unhappy 2. You can be harmed in other ways than by being made unhappy 3. Hedonism is false