DST, VFT, Eudaimonism, DCT, DJT, IOT,

Question 1

What is DST?

Answer 1

Your life goes well to the extent that you get what you want

Question 2

Necessary condition

Answer 2

If X is something that makes you better off > then X is something that you want

Question 3

Sufficient condition

Answer 3

If X is something you want > then X is something that makes you better off

Question 4

Based off of DST, would people plug into the experience machine?

Answer 4

No, DST says that your life goes well to the extent that your desires are satisfied, and in the EM, your desires are not actually satisfied even though you may think they are

Question 5

The argument rom first person authority (DST)

Answer 5

1 Each of us is in a better position to know what’s good for us than anyone else is
2. The best explanation of this fact is the desire view is true
3. The Desire view is true

Question 6

The argument from motivated self-interest (DST)

Answer 6

1. If something makes us better off, then we have to pursue it
2. The best explanation of the fact that we have reason to pursue whatever makes us better off is that the desire view its true
3. The desire theory is true

Question 7

The argument form many models (DST)

Answer 7

1. There are many models of a good life
2. The best explanation of the fact that there are many models of a good life is the desire view is true
3. The desire theory is true

Question 8

The problem of unwanted benefits (DST)

Answer 8

1. People don’t always want things that are good for them
2. According to DST if something is good for you, then it’s something that you want (necessary condition for being good)
3. DST is false

Question 9

The problem of non-beneficial wants (DST)

Answer 9

1. Some things that people want are not good for them
2. According to DST, if you want something then it is good for you (sufficient condition for being good)
3. DST is false

Question 10

The paradox for self harm (DST)

Answer 10

1. If DST is true, then getting what you want is always good for you
2. Some people want to harm themselves
3. If DST is true, then if you want to harm yourself, then it is good for you
4. If something is good for you, then it cannot harm you
5. If DST is true, then wanting to harm yourself makes it impossible to do
6. DST is false

Question 11

What is value fulfillment theory?

Answer 11

Your life is going well to the extent that you get what you care about

Question 12

Second order desire

Answer 12

If you care about something, you don’t just want it – you want to want it

Question 13

Based off VFT, would someone plug into experience machine?

Answer 13

No

Question 14

What is eudiamonism?

Answer 14

Your life fulfills your nature, either as a human being in general (species based), or as a particular individual (individual based)

Question 15

Based off eudaemonism, would someone plug into the experience machine?

Answer 15

no

Question 16

Ontological dependence

Answer 16

If God doesn’t exist, then morality would not exist either

Question 17

Psychological dependence

Answer 17

If people didn’t believe in God, then they would not act morally

Question 18

The argument from origination (ontology)

Answer 18

1. Morality is a system of laws
2. There are no laws without a legislator
3. The only legislator with authority to create moral laws is God
4. If God didn’t exist then morality would not exist either

Question 19

The argument from motivation (psychology)

Answer 19

1. If people didn’t believe in God, then they wouldn’t be motivated to act morally
2. If people weren’t motivated to act morally, then they wouldn’t act morally
3. If people didn’t believe in God, then they wouldn’t act morally

Question 20

What is DCT?

Answer 20

Morality ontologically depends upon God

Question 21

The Euthyphro argument (against DCT)

Answer 21

1. Either God has reason for his commands or he doesn’t
2. If he does, then those reasons are what makes actions right or wrong – in which case DCT is false
3. If he doesn’t then his commands are arbitrary – in which case he is imperfect
4. God is not imperfect
5. DCT is false

Question 22

The divine imperfection argument (against DCT)

Answer 22

1. If DCT is true, then God could have created a morality that required acts of cruelty and forbade acts of kindness
2. A morality of this sort would be deeply flawed
3. If God created a deeply flawed morality, then he would not be perfect
4. God is perfect
5. DCT is false

Question 23

What is DJT?

Answer 23

An action is morally right (wrong/neutral) if and only if God would judge that it was morally right (wrong/neutral)