Exam 2: Human Nature

What philosopher argued that humans are made up of dual substances,a material body and an immaterial mind?

What philosopher argued that humans act only out of self-interest and are material bodies?

Who said that men possess "a powerful measure of desire for aggressiveness"?

The view that "all humans have a rational spiritual self that is distinct from its body" is the

Do you believe that there is a "you" to whom this question is addressed? Explain your answer.

Who proposed the idea of natural selection?

An argument that is supposed to show that its conclusion is probably true if its premises are true is called

Do you agree with the existentialists that humans are what they make of themselves? Why,or why not? What might the practical consequences of accepting the existentialist view be for (a)your own life,(b)social policy? Explain your answer.

What view of human nature claims that all humans have a rational spiritual self this is distinct from the material body,has a purpose,endures over time and exists as a separate individual?

Who wrote Being and Nothingness?

Siddhartha Gautama was the founder of ____________________.

J.J.C.Smart endorsed what theory of human nature?

Aristotle claimed that barbarians could be enslaved by Greeks.

____________________ is the view that we should explain mental states in terms of perceptual inputs and behavioral outputs.

What philosopher argues that our ability to reason is the characteristic that sets the human self apart from all other creatures of nature?

If we are genetically inclined to be selfish,does this justify our selfishness or merely explain it? Explain your answer.

What,for Plato,was an eternal and perfect ideal that existed in an unchanging heaven?

What contemporary American philosopher argued that behind every action we perform is a "self-regarding end"?

What philosopher argued that the mind could be reduced to the physical actions of the material body?

Over thousands of years the process of ____________________ ____________________ can make a species change into a new species.