Rachels Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

The following document consists of: -Week 1 – Fundamentals – Lewis Vaughn & Pryor -Week 2 – Moral Relativism – Gilbert Harman, Jonathan Wolff & David B. Wong -Week 3 – Divine Command Theory – Shafer Landau, Jonathan Berg & Richard Swinburne -Week 4+5 – Utilitarianism- Jeremy Bentham, Rachels Rachels, Williams, Smart & J.S. Mill -Week 6 - Ethical Egoism – Kai Nielsen, Rachel Rachels, Jackson Burgess & Ayn Rand -Week 7 – Aristotelian Virtue Ethics- Aristotle, Robert B. Loud...

Contents Unit 1...........................................................................................................................................................4 1. Ethical Foundations..........................................................................................................................4 Fisher: Morality & Ethics......................................................................................................................4 2. Ethics & Biomedical Ethics.......

The following document consists of: -Week 8+9 – Kantian Deontology – Fred Feldman, Rachel Rachels, Immanuel Kant -Week 10 – Ubuntu Moral Theory – Thaddeus Metz, Molefe, Kwame Geyeke -Week 11 – Existentialist Ethics – David Cooper, Mary Wanock, Fackenheim -Week 12 – Moral Responsibility- Michael McKenna, Glen Strawson, Michael Anthony -Exam Questions (2013,2014,2017,2018)

The major branch of ethics that focuses primarily on the character of the moral actor and not simply on the morality of specific acts. It focuses on "being" a certain kind of person. correct answer: Virtue The domain of social scientists more than that of philosophical ethicists, the branch of ethics that observes and reports patterns of human behavior without stipulating what people ought to do. correct answer: Descriptive By formulating concrete moral rules, this branch of ethics sti...

inoperable cancer Once the decision has been made to stop treating a patient who has a painful, and wants to die, which of the following courses of action would Rachels consider most morally appropriate? - ANSWER hastening the patients death True/False: All things in the world must be set in motion by something else in motion, according to Aquinas. - ANSWER True True/False: Descartes' method is to try to doubt each and every one of his beliefs. - ANSWER False True/False: Aquinas cla...

Bio Ethics& Science Exam Test 2023 Autonomy - CORRECT ANSWER-is person's rational capacity for self-governance or self determination Paternalism - CORRECT ANSWER-the overriding of a person's actions or decision making for his own good Confidentiality - CORRECT ANSWER-concerns patients imparting information to healthcare professionals who promise not to disclose information to others. Right to privacy - CORRECT ANSWER-the authority of a person to control who may possess and use info...

Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: • Textbook: Chapter 5, 6 • Lesson • Minimum of 2 scholarly sources (in addition to the course textbook) Ebook uploaded below: Rachels, S., & Rachels, J. (2019). The elements of moral philosophy (9th ed.). Instructions This assignment is the first step in a three-part project. You only need to focus on part one at this point. Each step will build on earlier steps. However, it is not a matter of providing a roug...

There are 4 exemplar essays which are: -Ethical properties and non-ethical properties are the same" (30) -Explain the view that moral laws exist independently of the human mind (20) -Explain the view that ethical statements can be verified and falsified (20) -Explain naturalism with reference to Bradley (20) Well written and structured A level styled essays which consists of many philosophers and argents and criticisms in order to achieve the higher bands and marks. Bradley is the main...

Callahan's summary to Euthanasia correct answers Not permissible, Several arguments are invalid it is self determination run amok right to death is not transferable Lachs model for assisted dying correct answers rational request show they really want it values allow them to continue justify pt desires must be publicly scrutinized by social body Rachels point of view correct answers No difference between killing and letting die intentional killing not doing something is the same as...

Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: • Textbook: Chapter13 • Lesson • Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to thetextbook) Introduction Some people believe that you can tell who a person is by what they do when no one is looking. Let's look at the following case. John Doe, a nurse, has downloaded an application to her phone that allows him to download copyrighted textbooks for a nursing course (that Doe is going to take) without his Inter...