Fall 2018 Study Guide for Exam 2 - Joel Velasco

Philosophy 3330 Fall 2018 Study Guide for Exam 2

The second exam takes place during the time of our scheduled final exam in our regular room.

If you are in the 10:00 class, the exam is Tuesday, Dec 11th from 7:30am-9:50am. If you are in the 11:00 class, the exam is Friday, Dec 7th 1:30pm-3:50pm.

The exam will cover all of the material that we have discussed in class and in the assigned readings since the first exam.

You should know the main theses and main arguments for those theses of each of the articles we have read so far.

You should also know what each of the following terms means and how they are relevant to the class. This is not an exhaustive list.

Social Darwinism Eugenics The naturalistic fallacy Hume's Thesis (and the fact/value distinction or the is/ought gap) What is altruism ? economic vs. psychological vs. biological The prisoner's dilemma Tit-for-Tat Group selection Kin selection Reciprocal altruism Moral nihilism (according to Rosenberg) Moral subjectivism (according to Sober) Moral realism (according to Sober) Divine Command Theory Dualism Materialism Free Will The value-free ideal of science (arguments for and against) Science Advisor model for policy making The moral responsibilities of scientists (according to Douglas)

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