Phi208 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Overview In this written assignment, you will create an ethics case study based on provided topics, resources, and ethical questions. Your tasks here are to present the case study and the information necessary to consider it. You will choose one of the ethical questions provided with the case study and discuss the central moral controversy the question addresses. You will also briefly apply utilitarianism to the case study. This written assignment should be an essay and include the following ...

All of the following can make it difficult to calculate an action’s utility EXCEPT the commitment of the person taking the action. According to John Stuart Mill, utilitarianism takes into account the happiness of everyone, and weights everyone’s happiness equally. Suppose a society believes that throwing an innocent boy into a volcano will keep the volcano from erupting—and therefore save hundreds of lives. What variety of utilitarian thought does this action represent? act ...

PHI208 Ethics and Moral Reasoning Week 1(Questions And Answers)Question 1 “Meta” can be translated as all of the following concepts EXCEPT against Question 2 Late one night over coffee, Ali and James get into a meandering conversation about the meaning and nature of love, whether anyone can ever truly love anyone else. What kind of judgments would the issues raised in this conversation be BEST described as? abstract Question 3 Tim considers himself to be a moral skeptic...

This week our main discussion will focus on explaining and evaluating the theory of virtue ethics as discussed in Chapter 5 of the textbook. Your instructor will be choosing the discussion question and posting it as the first post in the main discussion forum. The requirements for the discussion this week are You must post a minimum of three separate posts: a primary post that addresses all elements of the discussion prompt and two reply posts. Your main post must answer all the questions i...

PART 1 – Test Case Discuss either the formula of universal law or the formula of humanity. Create your own test case following the format presented in Section 4.2 of the text. The text case can be anything you want to consider, but it must be an action such as lying, cheating, or killing one person to save the lives of five others. It can even be an absurd or far-fetched example such as a test case with a maxim that states you will eat a piece of cake any time you sneeze, or that you will ...

Ques 1 / 1 pts tion 1 In philosophical terms, to support a particular moral position usually implies the denial of an opposing position. Correct! that one is arrogantly attempting to tell others what to think. 8/26/2018 Week 5 - Final Exam: PHI208: Ethics and Moral Reasoning (ACQ1830C) that one has not given the issue enough thought. that one is simply conforming to the beliefs of one’s family or society. Ques 1 / 1 pts tion 2 Which of the following questions best illustrates the co...

the ancient Greece of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, a “symposium” was a banquet held after a meal, an “after-party” of sorts that usually included drinking, dancing, recitals, and engaging conversations on the topics of the day. For our purposes in this course, the Symposium discussions will not involve dancing, recitals, or a banquet, but they will provide food for thought on current ethical issues and direct application of the ethical theory discussed in each of these weeks. For t...

Week 5 - Final Exam: PHI208: Ethics and Moral Reasoning (ACQ1830C

Prior to taking this quiz, view the Week 4 content in the PHI208: Ethics & Moral ReasoningLinks to an external site. interactive multimedia. The quiz contains four multiple-choice questions and is worth 2% of your course grade. You will have 2 hours to complete the quiz, and it must be taken in one sitting. You will have two attempts to take this quiz. SCORE: Attempt 1 2 minutes 4 out of 4