PHI 191 3 – Flashcard
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According to Aristotle's view in book II
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None of the above (tall parents have tall children, short parents have short children, both and physically beautiful parents have physically beautiful children)
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Laurence Thomas claimed in class that Aristotle
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Was a foundationalist because how parents raise their children--starting from birth--has an enormous impact on how their children turn out
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In the following view was defended while discussing Aristotle
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Aristotle believed that children have a very significant influence upon whether or not parents are motivated to their children
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Matthew Liao holds the following view
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Parental love is a fundamental part of the parent child relationship
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In his essay "Licensing Parents" Hugh Lafollette was motivated by the reality that
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licensing parents is a way of making it the case that children are far more likely to have good parents rather than bad parents
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In characterizing Aristotle as a foundationalist with respect to raising children, Laurence Thomas meant that
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Children are more likely to group up and be morally decent adults if they were raised by loving parents who are morally decent
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With respect to being morally virtuous Aristotle held the following view
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None of the above (if it fees good to do then that is the virtuous thing to do, the educated person is more virtuous than the undergraduate, it is not possible for men to be as virtuous as women since women give birth)
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In the discussion of Cahn and Murphy in lecture, Laurence Thomas defended
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defended the view that murphy was right and Cahn was wrong
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In his essay "the right of children to be loved" Liao claims that
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All children have a right to be loved
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In discussing kindness in class Laurence Thomas noted that
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being kind is not at all tied to being wealthy
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In discussing Aristotle and child sexual abuse Laurence Thomas made the following claim
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None of the above
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Regarding virtue, Aristotle holds that
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There are two kinds of virtue, there is intellectual virtue, and there is moral virtue.
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Regarding parental love Laurence Thomas understands
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If we license other activities in order to make for a better and more secure world, then licensing parents cannot be all that bad of an idea. Licensing parents is not at all intended to favor only rich people
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According to Steven Cahn
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when it comes to being happy it is false that moral people are necessarily happier than immoral people, an immoral person can be very happy, a happy person can have a reputation for probity
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The video of Kevin Skinner was shown in class in order to
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bring out that people are often judged negatively merely on account of their looks
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Regarding the right of children to be loved Thomas holds the view that
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Parental love even at its very best is not at all based on a child's right to be loved
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In class a distinction was drawn between self-command and arrogance. The difference is as follows
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None of the above
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In discussing Aristotle's view and the topic of sexual child abuse Laurence Thomas
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Conceded for the sake of argument that an adult may have no control over her or his sexual feelings for a child. Maintained that whatever the explanation is for why an adult has sexual feelings for a child there can no excuse for acting upon these feelings
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Laurence Thomas holds the view that happiness at its best
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Is tied to having a profound sense of self worth, where the self worth is not about believing one is superior to others, parental love plays a vital role in self-worth
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Aristotle distinguished two different kinds of virtue
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Intellectual and moral
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The video of the basketball game where the ball was given to the mentally challenged person
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was not an indication of arrogance on the part of the teammates, was an indication of genuine goodwill
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Precious Memories was played because
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Precious memories from childhood are good sign that child had a truly wonderful parent-child relationship while growing up, and precious memories in childhood is very much in keeping up with Aristotle's idea that being raised correctly from the very outset is important
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High Lafollete and S. Matthew Liao agree that
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none of the above
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1. Thompson is
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for abortion
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What is the fundamental assumption?
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The fetus is a person (is alive), important because we are not supposed to kill life (if can show the fetus is a person she won the case)
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What does it mean to say you have a right to life?
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I do absolutely wrong if I kill you (no one can kill you just because)
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One instance I can kill you even if you have a right to life
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Justified Self-defense
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Ray Charles Video
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Had parental love at very best. If you knew your child would be blind would that justify abortion? Reminder of the moral power of parenting
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Under what circumstances can abortion be justified according to Micholet
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When raped because she will be forced to live with the reminder *Involuntary pregnancy
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Response to the conservative pregnancy?
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Baby might jeopardize woman's health
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You can kill an innocent person if it's
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Self-defense
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Takahashi
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sometimes we can't justify killing an innocent person (ex. if the mother's life is in danger than she's justified)
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Is self-awareness a necessary thing to be a person?
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no comes in degrees
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A man's right to choose
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never going to happen because he doesn't put his life on the line
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Sexual Affirmation is
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unbelievably significant
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Hosenn
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People get drunk to have an excuse to act out
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Catazanriga
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Men should have a say in the pregnancy because it takes 2 people to reproduce
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Affirmation
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every child that comes out of a woman is "cute". crucial move evolutionary speaking
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Unequevable Affirmation
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Theres no question about it
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Moral power that all women have
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bring life into the world
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James
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They show they can love someone so much even though they didn't put their lives on the line