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| Existentialism | a school of thought that that puts an emphasis on the freedom of will to determine one’s life |
| Nihilism | the attitude of believing in nothing |
| Moral nihilism | the conviction that there are no moral truths |
| Slave morality | Nietzsche said this view held Christian values belonging to weak people |
| Master morality | Nietzsche’s said this view thought people should create their own values |
| Overman (or “ubermensch”) | According to Nietzsche, this person affirms his power, dismisses the morality of the masses, and creates his own values by deciding what is good and evil |
| Nietzsche | this philosopher thought that to be authentic meant you would affirm your power and create your own values. |
| Sartre | to be authentic means to take on the responsibility of choice and choose one’s values |
| Bad faith | Sartre’s view in which the responsibility of choice is avoided and a person says his/her actions are determined by circumstances |
| Chinese conception of virtue | letting parents grow old and die without your support is the gravest sin you can commit |
| Gillgan's theory | maintains ethic of care is opposed to ethic of justice |
| ethic of justice | this approach to morality can be harsh if it lacks compassion |
| ethic of care | this approach can be vague and directionless if it lacks logical reasoning |
