Module 3

Question 1

states that our emotions are part of our “spiritual soul”.

Answer 1

Plato in his book “The Republic”

Question 2

Plato further argued that to live a good life, we need to let our _____ take over our “spiritual soul.

Answer 2

rational soul

Question 3

says that feelings give meaning to our moral actions

Answer 3

A.J Ayer or Alfred Jules Ayer

Question 4

is the philosophical tradition that says that genuine knowledge can only be attained through scientific observation, experimentation, and comparison of data in both the natural and social
world

Answer 4

positivism

Question 5

Ayer argues that our concept of what is ____ and ____ are expressions of our feelings of approval or disapproval

Answer 5

good and evil

Question 6

Your judgment of what is morally right or wrong depends on how you feel about it.

Answer 6

emotivism

Question 7

does not believe in a universal moral standard because emotions vary on every person.

Answer 7

emotivism

Question 8

says that emotions are the most important elements of human existence

Answer 8

Max Ferdinand Scheler

Question 9

Using phenomenology – the philosophical study of human consciousness – he classifies feelings into four different strata

Answer 9

Max Ferdinand Scheler

Question 10

What are the Four Strata of Feelings?

Answer 10

Sensual feelings
Vital feelings
Psychic feelings
Spiritual feelings

Question 11

Bodily pleasures or pain

Answer 11

sensual feelings

Question 12

Life functions e.g. health, sickness

Answer 12

vital feelings

Question 13

Aesthetics, justice, scientific knowledge

Answer 13

psychic feelings

Question 14

Divine experience is an example of what?

Answer 14

Spiritual feelings

Question 15

refer to those that directly provide bodily pleasure and pain.

Answer 15

sensual feelings

Question 16

refer to those sensations that affect you as a living being.

Answer 16

Vital feelings

Question 17

refer to those some abstract concepts of feeling.

Answer 17

Psychic feelings

Question 18

refer to something of divine value

Answer 18

spiritual feelings

Question 19

are most important because this is the only feeling that is intentional

Answer 19

spiritual feelings

Question 20

depend on things that are external to a person.

Answer 20

spiritual feelings

Question 21

emotions can turn your moral judgment into a

Answer 21

prescriptive type

Question 22

criticisms about relying on emotions as a judge to your actions such as the following

Answer 22

1. Emotions show partiality.
2. Emotions draw our perspective away.
3. Emotions are capricious.

Question 23

If you base your moral decisions on your emotions, you cannot decide ______

Answer 23

objectively

Question 24

our emotions are very ______. Feelings change over time, and sometimes instantly

Answer 24

volatile

Question 25

insist that the individual person is the only one who should determine whether actions are right or wrong.

Answer 25

subjectivist

Question 26

assert personal independence and autonomy.

Answer 26

moral subjectivists