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What is Philosophy? (Etymological Definition) |
•Philos- Love •Sophia- Wisdom -Love of Wisdom |
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What does it mean to "love" of "wisdom?" |
•Eros •Philia •Agape |
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Traditionally, philosophy is defined in what two fashions? |
•Etymologically •Essentially/Classically |
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In the popular mind, philosophy is something what? |
•obscure, weird and idiosyncratic (Santiago, 1996) |
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The term philosophy was first coined by a Greek Philosopher named... |
•Pythagoras |
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What is Eros in Greek? |
•Erasthai |
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It is the term used to refer to that part of love constituting a passionate, intense desire for something, it is often referred to as a sexual desire, hence the modern notion of 'erotic'. |
•Eros |
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During the time of Pythagoras, there were three classifications of men: |
•lovers of pleasure •lovers of success •lovers of wisdom |
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It was the most superior among the three classifications of men during the time of Pythagoras by which it pertains to the human endeavor of seeking the truth for its own sake, hence, attaining wisdom... |
•lovers of wisdom |
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These field study nature and life. It both discusses the fundamental truths about the universe. |
•Philosophy and Science |
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These are interrelated fields that are dependent to each other... |
•Philosophy and History |
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These fields are both logical bodies of knowledge. The approaches involved are methodical and systematic giving emphasis in proving theoretical concepts and formulating standards of truth in order to accept as general or universal foundation of learning... |
•Philosophy and Mathematics |
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These are inseparable fields in a sense that one justifies the other... |
•Philosophy and Religion |
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8 Major Disciplines in Philosophy... |
1. Logic 2. Epistemology 3. Metaphysics 4. Aesthetics 5. Cosmology 6. Theodicy 7. Social Philosophy 8. Ethics |
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A Greek word that means a characteristic way of doing things or body of customs... |
•Ethos from the word Ethics |
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The practice of ethical/moral life implies imperatives or the "sina qua non" of ethics for without which, ethics would collapse... |
•Imperatives of Ethics |
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It is an inherent human power to act or not to act that makes them responsible for their actions... |
•Human Freedom |
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God's presence is a salient factor that makes sense in the study of ethics... The Supreme Being or God that Christians believe could for others is a law or a process where people in the ancient cultures have arrived to dispense justice in their own tradition... |
•Existence of God |
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If there is no life after earth where the soul believed to perpetuate life beyond, then good deeds are not rewarded nor devil doers are punished... |
•Immortality of the Soul |
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If there is no life after earth where the soul believed to perpetuate life beyond, then good deeds are not rewarded nor devil doers are punished... |
•Immortality of the Soul |
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Derived from a Latin word "mos" which means custom. |
•Moral |
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Derived from Greek word "ethikos" which means character. |
•Ethics |
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These are instructions that tell what we are allowed to do and what we are not allowed to do (Collin's Dictionary). |
•Rules |
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Rules are important because they protect human rights and freedom specially the "weaker members" in the society as they might be exploited if no rules to shield them. |
•Importance of Rules |
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It is of that people look at rules as restrictions that curtail one of their precious rights; |
•Freedom |
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Refer to the social, cultural and religious beliefs or values practiced overtime by an individual or group which direct people to do what is customarily allowable as right or refrain from those that society prohibits as "taboo" or wrong. |
•Morals |
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A branch of Philosophy that deals with the principles of conduct of individual or group. |
•Ethics |
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Used to refer to that part of love constituting a passionate, intense desire for something, often referred to as a sexual desire, hence the modern notion of 'erotic' (Greek erotikos). |
•Eros |
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Refers to the paternal love of God for man but it is extended to include a brotherly love for all humanity (Moosely, 2001). |
•Agape |
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The love that seeks the truth, whether the truth of the other, of person, or of reality. |
•Philia |
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Literally means "search for meaning" |
•Philosophy |
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The basic principle of the natural moral law, and people everywhere recognize that honesty in dealings with others is a prerequisite for societal order and well being; truthfulness leads us to humility, to remorse for that imperfection and the wrongs we all have certainly committed. |
•Truthfullness/Honesty |
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"The willing and practical and through going devotion of a person to a cause" |
•Loyalty |
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Maintains that human beings have intrinsic and unconditional moral worth and should always be treated as if there is nothing of greater value than they are. |
•Respect |
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Characterized by equity, respect, justice and stewardship of the shared world, both among people and in their relations to other living things. |
•Fairness |
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This principle imposes an obligation on all individuals to be straight forward and honest in all professional and business relationships. |
•Integrity |
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These are set of norms i society in accord to moral principles that supposed to determine about the kind of actions people believe are morally right and deter them from doing what is considered as wrong. |
•Moral Standards |
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6 Characteristics of Moral Standards |
1. Moral standards involve serious wrongs or significant benefits 2. Moral standards ought to be preferred to other values 3. Moral standards are not established by authority figures 4. Moral standards have the trait of universalizability 5. Moral standards are based on impartial considerations 6. Moral standards are associated with special emotions and vocabulary |
