Karteikarten
Nature and Value of human life
Karten in diesem Stapel (8)
- 1desrcibe dualismmind determines personality
body is the shell for the 'real self'
body is contingent and will end
soul is not divisible and survives death
the mind is immortal and considers higher realities (truth, goodness, justice) - 2describe materialismmind and body of a human are 'inseparable'
at death, the whole person ceases to exist
there is no soul
no scientific evidence for soul - 3Aristotle said (soft materialist)soul is part of the body
turns the physical form into living
soul and body are inseparable
soul develops character but cannot survive death
believes soul and body are 'different'
"the soul is just a part of the body" - 4Rene Descartes said (dualist)mind includes feelings and sensations that cannot be located physically
mind is a substance that is to 'think'
body is a material that is to 'take up space'
concluded 'I think therefore I am' - 5St Thomas Aquinas said (dualist)soul animates body
soul operates independent of body
soul is not divisible therefore will not decay
soul can survive death
soul can retain individual identity - 6Richard Dawkins said (secular viewpoint)'we are born, we die, and that's it'
meaning is something personal and subjective
there is no god therefore there is not purpose in the universe - 7John-Paul Sartre (secular viewpoint)'no god, no human nature'
"existence precedes essence"
man first of all exists, encounters himself , surges up the world and defines himself afterwards
determinism is an illusion
goal of life is 'authenticity' - 8Darwin (secular viewpoint)