Introduction to Philosophy

Unit 5 - Humanity as Stewards

What is Cosmic Egg Theory?

Source of everything in Eastern Philosophies

What does Cosmic Egg contain?

Primordial elements or creator/deity

What are Primordial Elements?

Original building blocks since beginning

What is Deity?

God or Goddess with supernatural powers

What does The Bible say about origin?

God created universe out of nothing in 6 days

Gaia

Physical Earth, Mother Earth, ancestral mother of the gods

Eros

Primordial force of love, desire, procreation

Erebus

Personification of darkness and underworld shadows

Nyx

Primordial goddess embodying the night

Uranus

Personification of sky and first cosmic ruler

Hecatonchires

3 giant brothers with 100 hands and 50 heads each

Cyclops

3 giant brothers with single central eye

Titans

12 giant deities who ruled universe before Olympians

What is Big Bang Theory?

Universe exploded/emerged from super dense & hot point

Pre

Socratic Philosophy focus?

What is Arche?

Single element that explains everything

Thales of Miletus belief?

Everything made of water, foundation of life

Heraclitus basic element?

Fire signifying destruction, death, importance

Heraclitus belief?

Everything has start and finish

Leucippus & Democritus belief?

Everything made of atoms, reduced to invisible element

Anaximander concept?

Apeiron

What is Apeiron?

Boundless/limitless that created elements

Goal of philosophy per reviewer?

Not just how universe created but to ponder our existence

Stone Age

Used stone tools to hunt and gather, living as part of nature

Agricultural Age

Farmed, domesticated animals, permanent settlements, harnessing nature

Industrial Age

Used machineries, upscale exploitation of nature begins

Anthropocene meaning?

Anthro=Human, Cene=Recent, human activity changed ecosystem and geochemistry

New Era proposed?

Age of AI

Pax Silica Project site?

New Clark City PH

Pax Silica concerns?

Land Grabbing & Noise

Advaita Vedanta?

Indian philosophy of non

What is Atman same as?

Brahman / ultimate universal reality

When was Heidegger born?

September 26, 1889

Where was Heidegger born?

Messkirch Germany small rural town southwest

When did Heidegger die?

May 26, 1976, 86 years old Freiburg West Germany

Heidegger education?

Doctorate summa cum laude University of Freiburg

Heidegger Nazi affiliation?

Part of Nazis NSDAP

What is NSDAP?

National Socialist German Workers Party

When did NSDAP rule?

1933

What did NSDAP start?

WWII and Holocaust

Where did Heidegger teach?

Marburg University

What is Wewelsburg Castle?

HQ for Schutzstaffel SS

What is SS?

Hitler's elite private army

Who is Hannah Arendt?

18yo student girlfriend of Heidegger, Jewish philosopher escaped Nazis

Hannah Arendt famous for?

Explaining how dictatorships work

What influenced Heidegger?

Provincial environs, conservative upbringing, craftwork, agricultural life

Provincial Environs?

Rural areas or countryside

Conservative Upbringing?

Raised preserving traditional values, resisting rapid change

Ontology?

Study of what exists and what it means to exist

Traditional philosophy asks?

What exists?

Heidegger asks?

What does it mean to exist at all?

What is Dasein?

German for being

Dasein meaning?

Beings

Calculative Thinking?

Sets specific goals, seeks immediate utility, driven by productivity

Calculative Thinking question?

How can I use this?

Where does inauthenticity appear?

Calculative Thinking

Das Man / Anyone

self?

Meditative Thinking?

Contemplation and Gelassenheit, asks deeper meaning

Meditative Thinking questions?

What does it mean? Why does it matter?

Gelassenheit?

Allowing things to reveal themselves without forcing control

Environmental Ethics?

Apply moral concepts to define humanity's role with environment

Key question of Environmental Ethics?

Do non

Dominion?

Viewing nature as resource to be mastered and exploited

Stewardship?

Humanity as caretaker preserving and protecting nature

Summum Bonum Aquinas?

God is highest good

Why did God create humans per Aquinas?

To be God's stewards

Natural law per Aquinas?

Physical world reflects divine reason and order

Utilitarianism?

Measures goodness by utility/benefit/happiness for all beings

Consequentialism?

Weighs actions by net outcomes/consequences

Over

exploiting resources result?

Confucius Rule of Reciprocity?

Do not do unto others what you don't want done to you

Confucius view on nature?

Humanity and nature interconnected, harm environment harms humans back

Taoism Wu Wei?

Effortless Action

Wu Wei means?

Align with natural flow Tao, not forcing will

Anthropocentrism?

Human

Ecocentrism?

Nature

Veganism IN REVIEWER definition?

Does not eat meat but may eat milk and eggs

Vegetarianism IN REVIEWER definition?

No meat and no animal products, no milk eggs leather

Speciesism?

Belief humans are superior to other animals

Speciesism application?

Sentient animals feel pain and enjoyment. Stewardship mandates to avoid unnecessary harm, and suffering in livestock practices.

Rice paddies emit?

Methane gas

Livestock emits?

Methane during digestion

Fertilizers emit?

Nitrous oxide

Collective Stewardship Impact argument?

One choice seems impotent but aggregate crosses threshold and signals producers to scale back

Aggregate?

Total amount made from smaller parts combined

Personal Stewardship?

Refraining from harm

Boycott meaning?

Avoiding animal products

Buycott meaning?

Supporting plant

Political Stewardship?

Advocate institutional legal structural reforms, subsidies reform, emissions caps, animal welfare laws

Animal Husbandry?

Raising and caring for animals for food and other products

Resource Efficiency issue?

Animal husbandry consumes vast land, freshwater, feed vs plant agriculture

Greenhouse Gas Mitigation point?

Ruminant farming high methane, plant shift alleviates warming

Ruminant Farming?

Farming cows goats sheep for milk meat wool

Ruminant?

Animal that chews cud, special stomach to digest grass

Cud?

Food brought back up from stomach to chew again

Global Climate Justice?

Degradation harms vulnerable who contribute least to emissions

Intergenerational Stewardship?

Preserving habitability and food security for future generations

Government Tripartite duty?

Regulate markets, remove subsidies for high

Corporations Tripartite duty?

Restructure supply chains, report ecological footprints

Citizens Tripartite duty?

Conscientious consumption, demand legislative action, avoid deflection by lobby groups