UGS 303 Bonevac Final Exam|379 Q’s and A’s
Hume - -Is and ought (normativity)
-Hume - -reason, passion
-Hume - -two-level theory: enlightenment
-Hume - -Feelings as the foundation for the ought for morality
-Marx - -Communism: abolition of private property
-Marx - -Pattern theory of justice: from each according to his abilities to
each according to his needs
-Marx - -Essence of humanity to produce, to make-means of production
-Marx - -Class struggle: proletariat(bad) and bourgeoisie(good)
-Marx - -Material basis of things:two-level theory
-Nietzsche - -God is dead; we have killed him
-Nietzsche - -No eternal facts, no absolute truths
-Nietzsche - -Science should be playful
-Nietzsche - -Relativist, historicist (things relative to a given period of time)
-Nietzsche - -Two-level theory: material, biochemical basis of thought
-Nietzsche - -Redefine values, become who you are (authenticity only real
virtue)
-Nietzsche - -Irrationality, will to power
-Dostoevsky - -Anointed: society as split into two groups shepherds and the
sheep (the grand inquisitor)
-Dostoevsky - -Burden of freedom (people want to be taken care of, they
don't want to be free: freedom vs. happiness)
-Dostoevsky - -The self vs. God as source of values
-Dostoevsky - -Conservative-ordered liberty: philosophy of respect
, -Dostoevsky - -Christian church- source of ordered liberty, hostile to
institutionalized liberty
Grand inquisitor thinks he is smarter than god
-Shaw - -Golden rule: there is no golden rule
-Shaw - -Cynicism (negative)
About traditional values, institutions, religion, attempts to redefine value,
education, marriage, politics
-Shaw - -You are the window through which you see the world (better keep
it clean and bright)
-Shaw - -Relativism
Socialism
-Shaw - -Weakness of will (temptation)
-Shaw - -Greatest benefactor: destroy
-Remarque - -All quiet on the western front
-Remarque - -fought in ww1
-Remarque - -Loss of innocence: war changed people radically
-Remarque - -Chance, makes us indifferent
-Remarque - -Society lied to us fades with the first: first time they've seen
death
-Remarque - -Distrust of leaders: they got us into this, they don't know what
they are doing
-Kipling - -Civilization is under threat: we need to fight back. Use violence.
-Kipling - -rhymes
-Kipling - -Reclaim traditional values (those fight a war who don't even know
what it is about)
-Kipling - -Moral complexity: respect other opinions but value your opinion
no matter what they say
-Kipling - -"if"
, -Kipling - -imperialism
-Kipling - -Social capital: trust, cooperation, people being willing to work
together under common norms for a common goal
-Kipling - -laws of the jungle; willingness to use violence
-Freud - -dreams
-Freud - -fulfillment of wishes
-Freud - -Manifest and the latent content (hidden)
-Freud - -Id, ego, superego (different parts of the self)
-Freud - -death wish
-Freud - -Pleasure principle (driving force of the id), reality principle (driving
force of the ego)
-Fitzgerald - -the loss generation; Generation with new opportunities and
new problems
-Fitzgerald - -Finding identity "I know myself but that is all"
-Fitzgerald - -Excluded middle: nietzsche vs. tolstoy (dostoevsky) is
authenticity my goal or should I be true to something outside by self
-Fitzgerald - -Loss of morals-internal; external-there are no more heroes to
look up to
-Mussolini - -fascism
-Mussolini - -The state! (Nothing outside the state)
-Mussolini - -We get value from the state not the other way around
-Mussolini - -Absolutism: it's either for the state or against it (with us or
against us)--- militaristic doctrine
-Mussolini - -Regaining the glory (of ancient rome)
-Mussolini - -Futurism--violence--new---technology---control
-Mussolini - -All classes serve the state
Hume - -Is and ought (normativity)
-Hume - -reason, passion
-Hume - -two-level theory: enlightenment
-Hume - -Feelings as the foundation for the ought for morality
-Marx - -Communism: abolition of private property
-Marx - -Pattern theory of justice: from each according to his abilities to
each according to his needs
-Marx - -Essence of humanity to produce, to make-means of production
-Marx - -Class struggle: proletariat(bad) and bourgeoisie(good)
-Marx - -Material basis of things:two-level theory
-Nietzsche - -God is dead; we have killed him
-Nietzsche - -No eternal facts, no absolute truths
-Nietzsche - -Science should be playful
-Nietzsche - -Relativist, historicist (things relative to a given period of time)
-Nietzsche - -Two-level theory: material, biochemical basis of thought
-Nietzsche - -Redefine values, become who you are (authenticity only real
virtue)
-Nietzsche - -Irrationality, will to power
-Dostoevsky - -Anointed: society as split into two groups shepherds and the
sheep (the grand inquisitor)
-Dostoevsky - -Burden of freedom (people want to be taken care of, they
don't want to be free: freedom vs. happiness)
-Dostoevsky - -The self vs. God as source of values
-Dostoevsky - -Conservative-ordered liberty: philosophy of respect
, -Dostoevsky - -Christian church- source of ordered liberty, hostile to
institutionalized liberty
Grand inquisitor thinks he is smarter than god
-Shaw - -Golden rule: there is no golden rule
-Shaw - -Cynicism (negative)
About traditional values, institutions, religion, attempts to redefine value,
education, marriage, politics
-Shaw - -You are the window through which you see the world (better keep
it clean and bright)
-Shaw - -Relativism
Socialism
-Shaw - -Weakness of will (temptation)
-Shaw - -Greatest benefactor: destroy
-Remarque - -All quiet on the western front
-Remarque - -fought in ww1
-Remarque - -Loss of innocence: war changed people radically
-Remarque - -Chance, makes us indifferent
-Remarque - -Society lied to us fades with the first: first time they've seen
death
-Remarque - -Distrust of leaders: they got us into this, they don't know what
they are doing
-Kipling - -Civilization is under threat: we need to fight back. Use violence.
-Kipling - -rhymes
-Kipling - -Reclaim traditional values (those fight a war who don't even know
what it is about)
-Kipling - -Moral complexity: respect other opinions but value your opinion
no matter what they say
-Kipling - -"if"
, -Kipling - -imperialism
-Kipling - -Social capital: trust, cooperation, people being willing to work
together under common norms for a common goal
-Kipling - -laws of the jungle; willingness to use violence
-Freud - -dreams
-Freud - -fulfillment of wishes
-Freud - -Manifest and the latent content (hidden)
-Freud - -Id, ego, superego (different parts of the self)
-Freud - -death wish
-Freud - -Pleasure principle (driving force of the id), reality principle (driving
force of the ego)
-Fitzgerald - -the loss generation; Generation with new opportunities and
new problems
-Fitzgerald - -Finding identity "I know myself but that is all"
-Fitzgerald - -Excluded middle: nietzsche vs. tolstoy (dostoevsky) is
authenticity my goal or should I be true to something outside by self
-Fitzgerald - -Loss of morals-internal; external-there are no more heroes to
look up to
-Mussolini - -fascism
-Mussolini - -The state! (Nothing outside the state)
-Mussolini - -We get value from the state not the other way around
-Mussolini - -Absolutism: it's either for the state or against it (with us or
against us)--- militaristic doctrine
-Mussolini - -Regaining the glory (of ancient rome)
-Mussolini - -Futurism--violence--new---technology---control
-Mussolini - -All classes serve the state
