Moral Agency

Determinism

The view that our behavior is determined only by what happened before it/psychological causes (Being acted upon)

Materialism

The view that only physical matter and its characteristics are real, suggesting mind and choice are reduced to brain states

Pre-Empirical Assumption

An idea/belief you bring in before any evidence is gathered, shapes what will count as a good explanation

Psychological Egoism

The belief that all human behavior is self-motivated/driven by a dessert to fulfill one’s self-interest, even selfless acts

Altruism

Selflessness

Secularism

The unspoken assumption that explanations should only use natural causes

Free Will

Claim that a person’s choices are genuinely their own

Worldview

Set of assumptions about what is real, what matters, and what makes a good life, shaping what a person notices and asks

Reductionism

The view that an incident/circumstance is fully explained once it has been described at a lower level/reduced, so that talk of persons reduces to talk of neurons

Assimilation

Stepping down from the heritage culture and letting the host culture take over

Integration

Maintaining the heritage culture, while applying meaningful principles from the host culture, creating a meaningful mix

Moral Agency

The ability to choose and be responsible for choice