1. Amit Zaidenberg

2. Motivation Motivation is the reason or reasons for engaging in a particular behavior. Motivated - provided with a motive or given incentive for action. Faith Belief that is not based on proof. The obligation of loyalty or fidelity to a person, promise, engagement, etc.

3. Natural Theology Plato + Aristotle Judaism and Christianity St. Augustine Anselm of Canterbury - Ontological Argument Thomas Aquinas Modern views Descartes David Hume Immanuel Kant

4. Motivation for Belief Psychologically The self ~ different views on the self can lead to different views on Who or What created the Self. Determinism ~ We make decisions or are they made for us?

5. The self and Religion Plato- Reason, Physical appetite, Spirit Descartes – Cartesian Dualism Empiricists – Locke, Hume (experiences) Kant – A different type of empiricist Buddhists – 5 parts Materialism - Science

6. Freedom and Morality Hard Determinist – Everything is predetermined, you have no choices. Soft Determinist – Some Decisions are compromised by outside effects. Indeterminist – “Condemned to be free” : everything is your choice.

7. Post – Modern views of Faith Jehovah’s witnesses Atheism Judeo-Christian/ Muslim Beliefs Where do you see religion in 2100.

8. Bibliography http://www.iep.utm.edu/t/theo-nat.htm Rowe, William L. Philosophy of Religion. (P. 91 -110) http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/faith http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/pragmatic-belief- god/ http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/pragmatic-belief- god/ Chaffee, John. The Philosopher’s Way. Prentice Hall, New Jersey. (P. 93-220)