What is a teleological metaphysics? How does it differ from a mechanistic metaphysics? Is there anything in between a mechanistic and teleological viewpoint? Can there be a non-teleological but non-mechanistic viewpoint, or are these exhaustive of all metaphysical possibilities? Focus on six thinkers in Chapter 4, and clarify the teleological, non-teleological, and mechanistic dimensions of their
viewpoints. Which viewpoint do you favor and why?
What will be an ideal response?
?This asks students to analyze metaphysical frameworks for teleological elements.
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According to Finnis, the key problem with sexual relations or sexual activity that is not
aimed at producing children is that such activities a. are forbidden by God. b. do not contribute to the good of the larger society. c. cannot aim at a common good and therefore cannot express or achieve anything more than personal individual bodily gratification. d. do not produce genuine pleasure but only the counterfeit of pleasure, a false pleasure that is unworthy of the rational and spiritual elements of humans. e. are counter to our basic biological nature and its emphasis on procreation and the good of the continuing species.
Plato and Aristotle agree that:
A. poetry should be banned from an ideal society. B. art merely provides us with imperfect copies of particular instances of universal forms. C. we should seek knowledge of the universal forms of justice, beauty, and goodness. D. All of the above E. None of the above
Critical theory is associated with which philosopher?
What will be an ideal response?
The Emperor of Japan renounced his claim to
a. Immortality c. Rule b. Divinity d. Perfection