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PHIL 333 EXAM || MOST RECENT EXAM ACTUAL
COMPLETE REAL VERIFIED EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
ALREADY GRADED A+!! NEWEST EXAM!!!
arguments that have a moral claim in the conclusion. if
they are to be valid, they will need at least one premise
that contains a moral premise. - Answer-Moral Argument
A mental experiment that is performed through realistic
imagination. - Answer-Thought Experiment
An example that counters the claim or argument - Answer-
Counter Example
Is the endpoint of a process of going back and forth
between moral principles and what they imply about
specific cases. Goal is to attain a state of coherence
between moral principles and oru moral beliefs. - Answer-
Reflective Equilibrium
the truth of the conclusion is presupposed by one or more
premises. - Answer-Circular Argument
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Distorting or misrepresenting the opponent's
argument/premises to make their conclusion look weak or
unsound. - Answer-Straw Man Fallacy
Presenting fewer options than are actually available, ie.
you are either with us or with the terrorists. - Answer-False
Dilemma
Refute the opponent's argument by attacking the opponent
and not the argument itself. - Answer-Ad Hominem
Normative ethics attempts to determine not what people
happen to believe but what they ought to believe about
some ethical issue - Answer-Normative Ethics
Descriptive ethics is the attempt to describe a certain
population's beliefs about some ethical issue. - Answer-
Descriptive Ethics
The belief that there can be no objective truths in ethics
because what is good and bad is all relative. - Answer-
Ethical Relativism Definition
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1) their view denies that cultures or people can be
mistaken in their moral judgements since there is no right
and wrong.
2) The argument inevitably leads to equating people like
Hitler to people like Ghandi. - Answer-Two objectives to
Ethical Relativism
1) the desire to be tolerant of differences between cultures
and prevent cultural imperialism
2) General puzzlement about how ethical claims could be
objectively true, since moral claims are not subject to
empirical verification. - Answer-Two arguments for Ethical
Relativism
1) First argument believes that cultural imperialism is
wrong, which contradicts with their initial argument that
there is no right and wrong when it comes to cultural
decisions.
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2) Even without the empirical verification we can show
something to be true or false. Most importantly, they need
rational justification, which can be carried without empirical
data. - Answer-Difficulties of these two arguments
The ethical theory/belief that the right actions, laws and
policies promote the greatest amount of pleasure or the
least amount of pain for all concerned. - Answer-
Utilitarianism
Right act is entirely defined by its consequences, which
should promote the most good or the least bad. - Answer-
consequentialism
What does descriptive ethics explain? - Answer-how
things are; what peoples moral beliefs are
What does prescriptive ethics entail? - Answer-it is the
argument of what moral beliefs people ought to have
What is an example of descriptive ethics? - Answer-Most
people in this society believe that it is wrong to steal
PHIL 333 EXAM || MOST RECENT EXAM ACTUAL
COMPLETE REAL VERIFIED EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
ALREADY GRADED A+!! NEWEST EXAM!!!
arguments that have a moral claim in the conclusion. if
they are to be valid, they will need at least one premise
that contains a moral premise. - Answer-Moral Argument
A mental experiment that is performed through realistic
imagination. - Answer-Thought Experiment
An example that counters the claim or argument - Answer-
Counter Example
Is the endpoint of a process of going back and forth
between moral principles and what they imply about
specific cases. Goal is to attain a state of coherence
between moral principles and oru moral beliefs. - Answer-
Reflective Equilibrium
the truth of the conclusion is presupposed by one or more
premises. - Answer-Circular Argument
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Distorting or misrepresenting the opponent's
argument/premises to make their conclusion look weak or
unsound. - Answer-Straw Man Fallacy
Presenting fewer options than are actually available, ie.
you are either with us or with the terrorists. - Answer-False
Dilemma
Refute the opponent's argument by attacking the opponent
and not the argument itself. - Answer-Ad Hominem
Normative ethics attempts to determine not what people
happen to believe but what they ought to believe about
some ethical issue - Answer-Normative Ethics
Descriptive ethics is the attempt to describe a certain
population's beliefs about some ethical issue. - Answer-
Descriptive Ethics
The belief that there can be no objective truths in ethics
because what is good and bad is all relative. - Answer-
Ethical Relativism Definition
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1) their view denies that cultures or people can be
mistaken in their moral judgements since there is no right
and wrong.
2) The argument inevitably leads to equating people like
Hitler to people like Ghandi. - Answer-Two objectives to
Ethical Relativism
1) the desire to be tolerant of differences between cultures
and prevent cultural imperialism
2) General puzzlement about how ethical claims could be
objectively true, since moral claims are not subject to
empirical verification. - Answer-Two arguments for Ethical
Relativism
1) First argument believes that cultural imperialism is
wrong, which contradicts with their initial argument that
there is no right and wrong when it comes to cultural
decisions.
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2) Even without the empirical verification we can show
something to be true or false. Most importantly, they need
rational justification, which can be carried without empirical
data. - Answer-Difficulties of these two arguments
The ethical theory/belief that the right actions, laws and
policies promote the greatest amount of pleasure or the
least amount of pain for all concerned. - Answer-
Utilitarianism
Right act is entirely defined by its consequences, which
should promote the most good or the least bad. - Answer-
consequentialism
What does descriptive ethics explain? - Answer-how
things are; what peoples moral beliefs are
What does prescriptive ethics entail? - Answer-it is the
argument of what moral beliefs people ought to have
What is an example of descriptive ethics? - Answer-Most
people in this society believe that it is wrong to steal
