Ethics - Test 1

Latin word saeculum means?

Worldly or Temporal

Nihilism translates?

Nothing

Homo mensura translates

Man the measure

Pragma translates?

Action

Ataraxia translates?

Peace of mind

Edward Jenner

Cow/Small pox

Pragmatism

William James

Existentialism

Friedrich Nietzsche

Hedontists (search for, avoid?)

Pleasure, Pain

Hedonia translates?

Desire

What distinguishes an act as moral?

Will/Choice

Two opposing beliefs cannot at the same time be true?

Law of Non Contradiction

Truth is what corresponds with reality?

Correspondent Theory

Auguste Comte

Positivism

Erasmus of Rotterdam

Humanism

No assertion is meaningful unless it is analytical or synthetic

Verification Principle

Karl Popper

Falsification

Deductive Reasoning

Gives us certainty

Inductive Reasoning

Lets us make an educated guess

If you achieve what you are searching for you lose, and if you don't achieve you are searching for you lose.

Hedonists Paradox