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Not thinking too deeply or too systematically about ethical concerns - answer✔undermines your
personal freedom.
What is a major difference between descriptive ethics and normative ethics - answer✔Normative
ethics implies that some people's moral beliefs are incorrect, whereas descriptive ethics does not.
What does normative ethics study - answer✔principles, rules, or theories that guide our actions
and judgments
Applied ethics is the - answer✔application of moral norms to specific moral issues or cases
TRUE OR FALSE: An example of moral reasoning is avoiding actions whenever you feel
disgusted by them. - answer✔FALSE
Subjective relativism is the doctrine that - answer✔an action is morally right if one approves of
it.
Objectivism is the view that - answer✔some moral principles are valid for everyone
Subjective relativism implies that when a person states their moral beliefs, that person is -
answer✔incapable of being in error
Cultural relativists may believe their theory promotes tolerance of other cultures. However, the
author argues against this. Which statement best summarizes his argument? - answer✔Cultural
relativists cannot consistently say that tolerance is objectively good.
Cultural relativism implies that the abolition of slavery in the United States - answer✔cannot be
regarded as moral progress.
Name the form of the following argument: If the dog barks, something must be wrong.
Something must be wrong. Therefore, the dog will bark. - answer✔affirming the consequent
A moral statement is a - answer✔A statement affirming that an action is right or wrong or that a
person (or one's motive or character) is good or bad
A moral theory is - answer✔more useful than a moral code
A moral theory would fail to meet the minimum requirement of coherence if - answer✔it states
that the same action in the same conditions is both right and wrong.
A major reason for devising a moral theory is to - answer✔obtain practical guidance
Ethical egoism seems to conflict with - answer✔our considered moral judgments and our moral
experience
If, according to Jeremy Bentham, only the total quantity of happiness produced by an action
matters, then the person closest to the moral ideal would be - answer✔the glutton
Rule-utilitarianism has been accused of being internally inconsistent because the theory can -
answer✔easily lapse back into act-utilitarianism
A categorical imperative tells us - answer✔that we should do something in all situations
regardless of our wants and needs
Applying the first formulation of the categorical imperative to the act of lying to a friend would
show that the action is impermissible because - answer✔the action's maxim cannot be
universalized.
Applying the second formulation of the categorical imperative to the act of lying to a friend on
important matters would show that the action is impermissible because - answer✔performing the
action would treat the friend merely as a means to an end
Like many moral theories, Kant's system fails to - answer✔provide an effective means for
resolving major conflicts of duties.
A serious criticism of Kant's theory is that it - answer✔allows too much subjectivity in moral
decision making.
Kant's theory emphasizes three of morality's most important features; the three are -
answer✔universality, impartiality, and respect for persons
Aquinas says that judging the rightness of actions is a matter of - answer✔consulting reason and
considering rational grounds for moral beliefs.
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