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1. A Priori Answer: Before the fact.
2. A Posteriori Answer: After the fact.
3. Absolutism Answer: Ethics theory that there is only one absolute right, and one absolute
wrong; One standard.
4. Relativism Answer: Denies the existence of a single, universally applicable moral standard. As
the name implies, ethical relativists believe insist that the correct morality is relative to one's society
Answer: each society has its own morality, and an action of one person is morally right if the morality
of one's society approves the action
5. Applied Ethics Answer: Regarding abortion, euthanasia; Ethics pertaining to daily life.
6. Belief Answer: The conviction of a fictional truth.
7. Buddhist Approach to Ethics Answer: Emphasizes volition and ties morality to
wisdom. Its moral code is expressed in precepts that invite followers to refrain from certain
actions to develop certain virtues.
8. Categorical Imperative Answer: Immanuel Kant's ethical formula Answer: act as if the
maxim (general rule by which you act) could be willed to become a universal law; the belief that what
is right for one person is also right for everyone in similar circumstances.
9. Correspondence Theory Answer: A theory contending that truth is an agreement between a
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IB Philosophy
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1. A Priori Answer: Before the fact.
2. A Posteriori Answer: After the fact.
3. Absolutism Answer: Ethics theory that there is only one absolute right, and one absolute
wrong; One standard.
4. Relativism Answer: Denies the existence of a single, universally applicable moral standard. As
the name implies, ethical relativists believe insist that the correct morality is relative to one's society
Answer: each society has its own morality, and an action of one person is morally right if the morality
of one's society approves the action
5. Applied Ethics Answer: Regarding abortion, euthanasia; Ethics pertaining to daily life.
6. Belief Answer: The conviction of a fictional truth.
7. Buddhist Approach to Ethics Answer: Emphasizes volition and ties morality to
wisdom. Its moral code is expressed in precepts that invite followers to refrain from certain
actions to develop certain virtues.
8. Categorical Imperative Answer: Immanuel Kant's ethical formula Answer: act as if the
maxim (general rule by which you act) could be willed to become a universal law; the belief that what
is right for one person is also right for everyone in similar circumstances.
9. Correspondence Theory Answer: A theory contending that truth is an agreement between a
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