Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Section 14 Group 3
Today we mainly talked about the idea of having a Council of Ethics staffed by philosophers to help advise the president. We thought that it seems like a good idea, however some problems may arise because everybody has different views on what is ethical and what happiness is. But if decisions were made based on the majority of the population, like if those on the Council surveyed the American population on various issues and then reported their findings to the president in order to help make decisions, that may work a little better than having a group of philosophers all trying to come to an agreement on some issue.
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Questions:
ReplyDeleteThe most notable feature of which philosophical view is the commitment to bring life under intelligent and effective human control?
A: Pragmatism
Do you agree that stoicism and pragmatism are two halves of the same whole?
F: Epictus hints at but does not develop a distinction between what is essentially and what is only accidentally in our power.
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D: Do you think wisdom is the most valuable contribution of the stoic?
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F: The view that combines the accepting of modesty with the search for improvement is known as? A: Stoic Pragmatism
ReplyDeleteD: Do you feel the balance the ideas of stoic pragmatism provide is the proper course for a happy life? Why or why not?
F: What is most contested between stoicism and pragmatism?
ReplyDeleteHuman's ability to control life
D: Do you beleive that a person can be both a stoic and pragmatist or will one belief overtake the other?