CRIJ 4365 Exam #1 Graded A+

famous credo - ANSWER-"A life unexamined is not worth living" the reasoning process - ANSWER--reasoning is a pure method of thinking by which proper conclusions are reached through abstract through processes -elements of the reasoning process as introduced by socrates is thesis, antithesis, and synthesis -the goal of reasoning is to determine the true nature of life and to investigate the intricacies of human choice--- questions that are always present, right under our noses, but elude our knowledge -as stated in Plato's theory of the divided line, the highest level of knowledge is reasoning nature of truth - ANSWER-the truth is the central point of reference around which all intelligible forms revolve (what you should be striving for) -the scientific nature of truth is substantively critical of the divine view of the truth platos divided l - ANSWER-1. reasoning 2. scientific knowledge 3. belief 4. conjecture and imagination plato's dual truths: physical and metaphysical - ANSWER-plato argued depends not only upon physical objects experienced by the human sense, but also upon metaphysical ideals, forms, and esseries that emanate from higher the study of ethic begins with questions of reality - ANSWER--why should one be moral in the first place? -what is justice, and why should people be committed to justice? -what sentiment should one have toward another, and what values should guide one's actions? -the study of ethics is based on the rule of reasonableness aristole's theory of realism - ANSWER--the principal of rationality -the connection between potentiality and actuality -the golden mean rationality - ANSWER-the ability to use abstract reasoning as the primary source of knowledge morality has two connotations - ANSWER-1. the capacity to make value judgements-to discern right from wrong 2. a behavior that is consistent with ethical principles