1. What was Aristotle's simple answer to the following question: How should we live?
A. Indulge in riches
B. Seek hapiness through success
C. Study Philosophy
D. Focus on pleasures and not achievement
Answer:B (Eudaimonia)
2.What was Seneca's philosophy about learning not to care?
short answer:
To not feel angry that life is too short, rather make the most of it.
3.Why does Blackburn believe moral relativism is not accurate?
A. we can't tolerate each other peacefully
B. It creates too much equality
C. Because it doesnt get rid of the fact that there is still conflict and differences
D. everyone should believe one thing
Answer: C
4. What is Descartes's method of cartesian doubt?
short answer:
Dont accept anything as true if there is the slightest possibilty that it isn't.
5. What did John Locke believe made someone the same person over time?
A. What you looked like
B. your decisions
C. your beliefs on issues
D. What you can remember
Answer: D
Well, I can't find my groups' post, so I am just posting here. On Tuesday we discussed cosmopolitaniscm. It is a philosophy I do identify with but not completely. We have not yet discussed a philosophy I fully agree with. I have liked parts of many of them though. We saw, like many others, and obviously Nigel, that there are some obvious holes in this highly tolerant philosophy. It has a rather weak approach to injustices; Appiah suggests talking about our differences to persuade others to change. This is a very noble and rational response. His view of a peaceful world is heart warming, but perhaps I am pessimistic to say we will never achieve it...at least in this lifetime.
ReplyDeleteI found the section on Credibility and Discriminaton interesting; I believe many times throughout the day this takes place. I have even had it happen to me before. I have had adults not believe what I am saying simply because I am young. For example, towards the end of my senior year in high school, everyone in the honors program got to go out to eat. I will leave out the name of said resturant, but we will call it Bob's. My friends and I sat down, had a good time, and ate. However, as we were about to leave the administrators called us in angrily. My table was then surrounded by the administrators. They demanded to know who had stolen the salt and pepper shakers. We all looked at each other slightly amused, I mean really? who steals s&p shakers? We told them we didn't have them, but because they had been told by the adult employees the shakers were missing they didn't believe us. They searched our bags. I had a eureka moment. I didn't remember the shakers ever being there; in fact, we had to borrow someone else' salt. Before the meal, my friend had taken my picture which should have the table, shakerless, in it. It did, and we proved our innocence; we were then apologized to profusely.
Are there any times you have been not given ample credibility?
What ingluences our views on who is or is not a credibile source of information?
--Caitlyn Osborne Section 13, Group 4