PHI 105 2025/2026 Exam Questions and
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what things are within our control and what things are not, according to
him? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔actions and attitudes are in our control and others
actions and attitudes are not
what should our attitude be towards things that are out of our control? what
should our attitude be toward things that are within our control? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔accept reality for what it is and to not get angry at ourselves.
avoid feeling of anger bc things aren't the way we want them to be. the
tennis player analogy. say ill do better next time
what attitude should we take toward blame or anger, according to
Epictetus, and why should this attitude function to make us happier, more
rational and more dignified? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔view it as something that
,should be avoided but isn't. this function will make us happier bc we
become less angry
why does the existence of "righteous" or "justified" anger seem to constitute
an objection to Epictetus's claim that it makes no sense to be angry at
others or oneself? is this objection decisive? why or why not? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔if he is claiming that anger is justified than what he is saying is wrong.
anger is sometimes warranted or permissible on one hand and advisable
on the other. anger is not good for you and consistent with saying it is not
permissible. he thinks anger makes no sense so it is inconsistent with his
claim
a Stoic might hold that although anger is sometimes justified, it makes no
sense to be angry. what is a natural objection to this position? what
interpretations of "justified" and "makes no sense" would address this
objection? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔natural objection is that if anger is justified than
it makes no sense. by justified they mean permissible and by makes no
sense they mean advisable.
in what does true human excellence consist according to Epictetus? in
what does it not consist? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔consist in virtue and being a
master in oneself
, it doesn't consist in being rich, famous and powerful
can a perfectly wise person be harmed (or made unhappy) according to
Epictetus? why or why not? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔no bc another person doesn't
have control over your actions and attitudes and only you have control over
what makes you happy
what state of mind does Epictetus's philosophy aim to produce in us? in
what ways is this state of mind instrumentally good? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔gives
us peace of mind and inner peace: serenity. he thinks its good bc it leads to
greater happiness, great freedom from stormy emotions, etc
under what conditions would suicide be in a person's best interest on a
hedonistic theory of welfare? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔if the only good for you is
pain and not enjoying pleasure than suicide is in your best interest. it would
violate a duty you have to yourself if you commit suicide and you are a
hedonist. it is wrong for others but it is in my best interest
what is Kaunt's humanity-as-an-end principle? what does he mean by
"humanity"? what does it mean to treat humanity as an "end-in-itself"? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔act in such a way that you always treat humanity at the same
time as an end, never as a means. humanity refers to anyone who has
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what things are within our control and what things are not, according to
him? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔actions and attitudes are in our control and others
actions and attitudes are not
what should our attitude be towards things that are out of our control? what
should our attitude be toward things that are within our control? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔accept reality for what it is and to not get angry at ourselves.
avoid feeling of anger bc things aren't the way we want them to be. the
tennis player analogy. say ill do better next time
what attitude should we take toward blame or anger, according to
Epictetus, and why should this attitude function to make us happier, more
rational and more dignified? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔view it as something that
,should be avoided but isn't. this function will make us happier bc we
become less angry
why does the existence of "righteous" or "justified" anger seem to constitute
an objection to Epictetus's claim that it makes no sense to be angry at
others or oneself? is this objection decisive? why or why not? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔if he is claiming that anger is justified than what he is saying is wrong.
anger is sometimes warranted or permissible on one hand and advisable
on the other. anger is not good for you and consistent with saying it is not
permissible. he thinks anger makes no sense so it is inconsistent with his
claim
a Stoic might hold that although anger is sometimes justified, it makes no
sense to be angry. what is a natural objection to this position? what
interpretations of "justified" and "makes no sense" would address this
objection? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔natural objection is that if anger is justified than
it makes no sense. by justified they mean permissible and by makes no
sense they mean advisable.
in what does true human excellence consist according to Epictetus? in
what does it not consist? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔consist in virtue and being a
master in oneself
, it doesn't consist in being rich, famous and powerful
can a perfectly wise person be harmed (or made unhappy) according to
Epictetus? why or why not? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔no bc another person doesn't
have control over your actions and attitudes and only you have control over
what makes you happy
what state of mind does Epictetus's philosophy aim to produce in us? in
what ways is this state of mind instrumentally good? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔gives
us peace of mind and inner peace: serenity. he thinks its good bc it leads to
greater happiness, great freedom from stormy emotions, etc
under what conditions would suicide be in a person's best interest on a
hedonistic theory of welfare? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔if the only good for you is
pain and not enjoying pleasure than suicide is in your best interest. it would
violate a duty you have to yourself if you commit suicide and you are a
hedonist. it is wrong for others but it is in my best interest
what is Kaunt's humanity-as-an-end principle? what does he mean by
"humanity"? what does it mean to treat humanity as an "end-in-itself"? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔act in such a way that you always treat humanity at the same
time as an end, never as a means. humanity refers to anyone who has
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