Final Exam Review Aristotle Descriptions and distinctions between one's view of happiness being pleasure, honor, or contemplation/the good, and what Aristotle sees as lacking in the former two The definition of and many facets of a virtue Friendship Bernard 4 degrees of loving God, what makes one move from one degree to the next, and why he sees each degree as better than the one before it Kant Differences between Kant's and Aristotle's approach to ethics. What is wrong with considering happiness, inclination, and desires in considerations of morality for Kant? Difference between inclination and duty, and why Kant prefers the latter Categorical imperative vs. hypothetical imperative, and examples of each Various formulations of the categorical imperative, and what each one shows, along with examples Constrast between Kant's emphasis on duty and respect in ethics, and Bernard of Clairvaux's emphasis on love Kierkegaard Describe the qualities of the aesthetic stage and the ethical stage of existence and what would motivate one move from one to the next? Mill Various misconceptions of and objections to utilitarianism, and Mill's responses Dostoevsky, Brothers Karamasov Observations Father Zossima makes about deception of self and others Zossima's insights on the worse and better ways to suffer and respond to tragedies, and examples that show this What Zossima says about love and grace, directly and indirectly, with examples. Hugo, Les Miserables How Jean Valjean deals internally with his crime and punishment, and how the prison system itself changes him from the person he was when he first entered How Jean Valjean, when he is freed from prison, is still not really “free” Constrast between the character of Jean Valjean and that of the bishop The transformation of Jean Valjean MacDonald, Phantastes The vices and temptations revealed in Cosmo as he encounters the mirror and the lady in it The healthy and unhealthy types of love evident in the story, and how Cosmo's heart is molded to love in a more healthy way Simone de Beauvoir, Ethics of Authenticity Ambiguity of the human being – description of this ambiguity, the problems it poses for ethics, and how de Beauvoir believes ethics must respond in a way that takes ambiguity seriously Potential objections raised against existentialism in chapter 1, and how de Beauvoir responds to those objections Description of various types of people who evade genuine freedom, how they become that way, and what causes them to be a threat to others Lewis, Four Loves Qualities of each type of love The types of perversion in each type of love How charity changes each type of love