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Hum 1020 Questions And Answers Latest Update
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- HUM 1020
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- Florida State College At Jacksonville
Hum 1020 Questions And Answers Latest Update
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Hum 1020 Questions And Answers Latest
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Mystical experience ANS✔✔ • James' definition (ineffable and noetic), the
conflict between these trans-rational experiences and epistemology;
connection with Tolle's and Taylor's views
Epistemology ANS✔✔ • Theory of knowledge; Plato's theory of Forms and
Ayer's theory of verifiability; the connection between epistemology and
reality
Ethics ANS✔✔ • The study of moral norms, i.e. right and wrong; rule-based
theories, relativism, virtue ethics, care ethics;
Utilitarianism (rule and act) ANS✔✔ Moral theory that emphasizes
consequences of actions and considers the rightness of a moral action in
terms of whether the action maximizes the greatest happiness for the
greatest number (Mill, Bentham). Rule utilitarianism adopts rules that if
followed maximize happiness; actions are considered right if they follow one
of these happiness-promoting rules. Act utilitarianism considers the
consequences of each act separately to determine whether it is right or
wrong.
Deontology ANS✔✔ • Moral theory that emphasizes the maxim or intention
behind the action, not the consequences. If a maxim is consistent with the
moral law (i.e., it passes the Categorical Imperative test), then it is rational
and moral. Acting in accordance with the moral law is an assurance that one
is doing one's duty and that one has free will (as the will is rational, to be
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