Theology Ethics I Test
Terms
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- Moral Relativism
- No moral rules apply apply to all culture or all people and that no country or person should "improse" their beliefs on any other culture or person
- Objective
- to exist or to be true independetly of anyones opinion
- Relative/Subjective
- it varies from person to person
- Nature
- a persons surroundings
- Teolos/Teology
- a persons purpose in life
- Eudaimonia
- happiness in a person, what we strive for
- Appetative
- the various appetites/desires humans feel
- Vegetative
- controls all of a persons involuntary functions
- Rational
- judges what is right or wrong
- Virtue
- moderation
- Vicious/Self Indulgent character
- so corrupted by bad actions and not able to judge from right and wrong
- Continent/Enduring Character
- ward off desire and can withstand painful emotions in difficult situations
- Incontinent Character
- struggle with ther appetative and lose battles, they are soft and have a weakness towards pleasure
- Virtuous Character
- do not struggle with their rational and appetative and are moderate
- Aristotles Guidelines
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-know yourself
-bent stick remedy
-always be weary of pleasure, it ll lead you astray
-avoid the extreme that is more opposed to the mean