Intro to ethics (PHIL 2306) MIDTERM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
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What is Ethics?
Ethics-The philosophical study of morality
What does ethics deal with?
Ethics deals with morality, but it is no the same as morality.
Ethics
Morality is the subject matter that ethics studies.
What is Morality?
Morality consists of the standards that an indi...
Intro to ethics (PHIL 2306) MIDTERM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What are the elements of ethics that make it
peculiar enterprise that it is? - answer Good or Bad
/ Right or Wrong
During WWII, the Nazis in Germany believed that
exterminating Jews and homosexuals was morally
justifiable. Would an ethical relativist say that it
was morally right to invade Nazi German to
prevent the Germans from exterminating Jews and
homosexuals? Explain. - answer The ethical
relativist would say it is not right to invade the
Nazis b/c they think it is right.
According to a cultural relativist, would the civil
rights reforms that Martin Luther King Jr. sought be
morally right or wrong? - answer The cultural
relativist would say he was wrong b/c the cultural
of that time did not approve.
It is commonly agreed that people's moral
judgments differ from culture to culture and that
moral standards are relative to culture. Does this
mean that there are no objective moral standards?
Explain - answer No, it does not mean there are no
, objective moral standards. Do not lie, cheat,
murder, etc. We all have moral standards.
What is the difference between persuading
someone to believe a claim and giving them
reasons to accept it? Can a good argument be
persuasive? Why or why not? - answer A good
argument is based on logical facts and at times
persuasion (sound or strong). Persuasion itself is
on what you can give whether it is right or wrong
(false info/ hidden agenda/emotion/ feelings of an
individual)
What is the difference between intrinsic and
extrinsic (instrumental) values?Name two things
(people, objects, experiences, etc) in your life that
you consider intrinsically valuable. Name three
that are instrumentally valuable. - answer
Intrinsic- Valuable in itself or for itself (ex. Mom,
Dad, Sister, my necklace, ring)
Extrinsic- Value for obtaining something of more
value. (ex. Money, Eduation to get more money)
What is the logic behind the principle of the
universalizability? Cite an example of how the
principle has entered into your moral
deliberations. - answer Whatever principle I am
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