PHIL 224
Fall 2014
Study Guide/Content Exam 1
I You should be able to identify or define the following terms:
Intrinsic Value
Extrinsic Value
Moral Principle
Principle of Explanatory Value
Principle of Practical Guidance
Ethics By Authority
Divine Command Theory
Ethical Relativism
Documentary Hypothesis
Upanishads
Atman
Brahman
Metaphysical Dualism
Spiritual Doubles
Incarnation
Resurrection
Science (for Mutahhari)
Faith (for Mutahhari)
II You should be able to correctly respond to short answer questions based on the following
slides.
The Role of Reasons
The Right and the Good
Tripartite Deontic Schema
Moral Value
A Theory of the Right and the Good
Taking Aim with Moral Principles
Evaluating Ethical Theories
Divine Command Theory
Ethical Relativism
Interpretive Principles
Genesis 1-3
The Nature of the Human
The Place of the Human
The Crisis
Brihad Aranyaka Upanishad
Atman and Brahman
Brahmanic Cosmogony
Where do Humans Fit?
Good vs. Gratifying
The Prescription
Who was Paul?
Metaphysics
Spiritual Doubles
Diagnosis: Sin
Prescription: Incarnation
Prescription: Resurrection
Humans and Animals
Science and Faith
From Animal to Human
A Difference with a Difference
Diagnosis and Prescription
III You should be able to respond to one of the following in a short essay.
Compare and contrast the Hebrew and Hindu accounts of human nature focusing on their
respective diagnosis and prescriptions.
Compare and contrast the Christian and Islamic accounts of human nature focusing on their
respective diagnosis and prescriptions.