According to Descartes, the soul is governed by:
God and laws of reason
Who argued that the self is inseparable from the body's physiology?
Ryle
Of
... [Show More] the following, Socrates believed what about the soul?
It was immortal
The Buddhist conception of anatta includes all of the following elements except:
a. physical form
b. sensation
c. dispositions to act
d. consciousness
e. permanence
E
Aristotle was a passionate exponent of _______, defined in the text as "the ethical theory that focuses on the moral quality of individuals rather than their actions."
virtue ethics
When Aristotle said, "Every art and every scientific inquiry, and similarly every action and purpose, may be said to aim at some good. Hence the good has been well defined as that at which all things aim," he was expounding a view of the universe that is called
teleological
Kant thought that moral value is determined by _______.
fulfilling one's duty
Kant thought that, regardless of other talents or abilities, the fundamental moral value that determines whether a thought or action is an instrument of good or evil is
a good will
Hedonism says that _______.
whatever brings pleasure is the ultimate good
Ulitarianism says that the ultimate moral good is
whatever brings about the most happiness for the most people
Which of Kierkegaard's "Three Stages on Life's Way" is characterized by the pursuit of pleasurable experiences?
aesthetic stage
For Nietzsche, the fundamental principle that powers all life is
the will to power
Which view makes the claim that traditional ways of looking at ethics rely too much on reason and individual freedom, and discount the value of emotion and social interdependence?
care ethics
Which of the following does NOT correctly state one of the four dimensions of ethical narratives?
the way in which narratives relieve us of ethical responsibility [Show Less]