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What does metaphysical mean

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Beyond nature

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What do science and reason do?

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Cancel out faith and anything metaphysical

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What did Descartes believe about truth

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It has to be clear and distinct

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What does morality become

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Deontological … A.k.a rule based

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Who supported deontological and what is underlying question

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Kant ; What should I do?

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What code embodies : deontological/ what should I do

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The Ten Commandments

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What is our goal?

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To live according to ontological ethics

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What is ontological ethics and what is underlying question?

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Reason and experience: who should I be

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What should we avoid in ontological?

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Positivism

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What takes primary place in Cardinal virtues

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Prudence

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What does intellectual virtue do?

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Transcends caution

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What is prudence and what is it geared towards

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Saying correct thing effectively; good

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What did Pieper believe about a prudent person?

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Cautious,effective and reflective

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What does Pieper say about evaluating truth

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Must evaluate in an unbiased way

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What is morality

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Knowledge based on human reason, experience and God’s revelation that discovers what we ought to do to live fully human lives

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What are three main sources of knowledge about how we should react?

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Human reason, human experience & divine revelation

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What is human reason?

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God given intellects

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What is human experience

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Collective wisdom of others living/dead

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What is divine revelation

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Teachings of God as found in scriptures and teachings of Church