Key Terms Flashcards
(20 cards)
What is the Principle of Double Effect?
No evil action should be done to get a good reward
What does the Harm Principle state?
You can do what you want as long as the action should not be committed if it brings harm to other people
Who is associated with the concept of the Banality of Evil? What is it?
Hannah Arendt.
Thoughtless evil
Define Proletariat.
The working class
What does Bourgeoisie refer to?
The ruling class, own the means of production
List the Primary Precepts according to Thomas Aquinas.
- To live
- To educate offspring
- To reproduce
- To know God
- To live in society
What is the Categorical Imperative?
A command which must be followed in all circumstances
What does the Humanity Principle state?
You should never treat people merely as a means to an end but always as an end to themselves
According to Kant, what is more important, good intention or good consequence? What principle is this from?
Good intention
Good Will Principle
What is Scepticism?
You cannot be certain of anything outside your own mind
What is the Argument from Dreaming?
We can’t trust our senses because we don’t know if we are necessarily awake, we could be dreaming
What does the Argument from Illusion suggest?
Our senses may deceive us and make us believe things that aren’t true
What is the Evil Genius hypothesis?
An evil genius could be tricking us
What is meant by the Sanctity of Life?
Human life is sacred and should not be destroyed
What does Cogito refer to?
‘I think therefore I am’
Explain the Theory of Forms.
There is a perfect, unchanging form of everything in the world of Forms. All we see in the physical world is a shadow of these things
What is a criticism of the Theory of Forms?
There is a perfect form for everything, but is there one for bad things such as ugliness or evil?
What is the Third Man Argument?
There must be a form of a form and a form for infinity
What are Marx’s criticisms of religion?
- It dulls people from the pain of their lives
- It gives them false hope
- Rules of religion used to control the ruling classes
What does Telos mean?
Goal or purpose
