Flashcards from Notes

Question 1

Platonic Love

Answer 1

idea of love/friendship by Plato, in which romantic/sexual feelings are nonexistent

Question 2

Eugenics

Answer 2

argument that it is possible to improve the human race and society by encouraging reproduction by people or populations with “desirable” traits (termed “positive” eugenics) and discouraging reproduction by people with “undesirable” qualities (termed “negative” eugenics).

Question 3

Animals have…..

Answer 3

concrete intelligence but can’t think

Question 4

Utopia

Answer 4

idea by Plato of a society that is perfect, therefore it doesn’t exist

Question 5

Distopia

Answer 5

idea by Plato of a society where everything is horrible, the complete opposite of imperfection

Question 6

Difference between animals and humans

Answer 6

although both have a physical body, humans have society and culture, unlike animals

Question 7

Darwin’s Natural Selection

Answer 7

when there are very little resources and many individuals, so only strong/evolutionarily advantaged can survive

Question 8

Human Evolution

Answer 8

humans evolved from homo sapiens to have culture and language

Question 9

The two bodies in existence

Answer 9

• physical/biological body
• social, spiritual and cultural soul

Question 10

Kant and Frued

Answer 10

Contemporary Age anthropological philosophers

Question 11

Emotional Intelligence

Answer 11

ability to control our basic emotions/instincts and understand others

Question 12

Daniel Goleman: emotional intelligence is achieved through

Answer 12

self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skills

Question 13

Übermensch

Answer 13

• Nietzsche’s theory of a SUPERMAN (beyond + man):
• ideal man of the future who gives himself values/morality
• far superior to all other human beings psychologically

-has overcome nihilism

• independent individual, very much NOT A CHRISTIAN

Question 14

Nietzsche’s two types of humans

Answer 14

the higher human beings (supermen) , and those who belong to the herd (slaves

Question 15

Simone de Beauvoir ideas

Answer 15

• French existentialist
• humans are born free without purpose
• greatest goal is to find our own life’s meaning and allow others to do the same
• women aren’t born but become, become the inferior sex in society’s eyes

Question 16

Anthropological Dualism

Answer 16

• PLATOOOO
• affirms the existence of body and soul as two distinct realities

Question 17

Frued

Answer 17

pointed out the importance of unconscious desires and traumas in our mental processes, which we are unaware of

Question 18

Marx: human objective

Answer 18

each individual human being is must work creatively with others to fulfill their potential

Question 19

Aristotle on human morality

Answer 19

reason and freedom of speech are the foundation of human morality and sociability

Question 20

Kant

Answer 20

reason is the fundamental characteristic of a human being: it is fundamental to morality and human dignity

Question 21

Anthropological philosophy

Answer 21

ask questions about what it means to be human

Question 22

Hilemorfismo

Answer 22

Aristotle’s theory that there are two parts to everything, the form (physical and actual body) and the matter (soul or conceptual part)

Question 23

Culture (Darwin)

Answer 23

• a purely human concept, as we are the only species with science, love, music, technology, religion, art etc.
• characteristic way of life that a society has

Question 24

Humans are….

Answer 24

social animals! after we are born we need relationships with each other to survive

Question 25

Two modes of production

Answer 25

Capitalist and Communist

Question 26

Karl Marx: what makes us human iss.......

Answer 26

doing work

Question 27

Capitalist factor workers

Answer 27

completely alienated from the product they are creating other than their human essence that is used to make it

Question 28

Marx fun facts!!!!

Answer 28

- studied economic history - wrote "The Communist Manifesto"

Question 29

Nihilism

Answer 29

idea by Nietzsche of the denial of all traditional moral values and that life is meaningless

Question 30

Evolution

Answer 30

- Darwin - Theory that species grow and change over time