PHI 105 UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
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PHI 105
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PHI 105
PHI 105 UPDATED ACTUAL Questions
and CORRECT Answers
Deontology - CORRECT ANSWER- KANT- also known as rights-based, based on the
idea that there are absolute moral rules that should be followed with no exceptions that are
based on the rights and autonomy of people, consequences do not matter...
PHI 105 UPDATED ACTUAL Questions
and CORRECT Answers
Deontology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- KANT- also known as rights-based, based on the
idea that there are absolute moral rules that should be followed with no exceptions that are
based on the rights and autonomy of people, consequences do not matter as much as intention
Consequentialism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- MILL- the idea that the morally right thing to
do is based on the consequences of your actions
Utilitarianism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- JOHN STEWART MILL- The morally right thing
to do is the course of action that will increase the total maximum happiness and
decrease/minimize unhappiness
Hedonism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The pursuit of pleasure; pleasure being the highest
good
Social contract theory/Contractarianism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Thomas Hobbes; Uses
the idea of a contract to explain why we should be moral,
Virtue Ethics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Aristotle; focuses on virtues (excellent character
traits), we should act as the person with practical wisdom would act, the chief good is
flourishing
Relativism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The morally right thing to do is based on the culture;
there can be no judgment of other cultures because moral rightness and wrongness is
dependent on the culture
Metaphysics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Plato; based on what we glean through our senses,
deals with what exists
Epistemology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The study of knowledge
, Ethical Egoism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Rand; Humans should act egoistically, that is,
promote their own individual best interests exclusively, this is the right thing to do
Partiality - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Moral worth is counted unequally among the
population
Impartiality - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Everyone's moral worth is considered equally
(utilitarianism)
Morally permissible - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- An act that is considered morally
acceptable
Morally impermissible - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- An act that is considered morally
unacceptable/prohibited
Morally required/obligatory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- An act that you ought to do
Supererogatory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Going above and beyond your moral duty (ex:
Mother Theresa)
Moral agent - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- One whose actions count morally; one who can be
held morally accountable for their actions
Moral patient - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- One who is morally acted on and counts morally;
Including but not limited to moral agents
Hypothetical Imperative - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Kant; things we ought to do if we have
some desire in view (take the LSAT if you want to go to Law School)
Categorical Imperative - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Kant; things you ought to do no matter
what desires you have (Kant says moral rules are the categorical imperative), absolute
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