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What is the Doctrine of Double Effect? - Answer-foreseen
side effects: effects which you believe your actions will
have, but you do not aim for
intended effects: effects you aim for
DDE says: provided that you goals is worthwhile, you are
sometimes permitted to act in ways that foreseeably cause
certain harms, though you must never intend to cause
those harms.
What is the difference between pluralism and monism? -
Answer-Pluralism: there's more than 1 fundamental moral
rule
Monism: there is just 1 fundamental moral rule
How does W.D. Ross's approach to the moral rule against
promise breaking differ from the utilitarian approach and
the Kantian approach? - Answer-W.D. Ross's approach:
you have a duty of fidelity- but, if you promise a friend for
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lunch & see a stranger drowning then your duty of
beneficence would trump fidelity
utilitarian approach: you have a duty to keep promises if it
promotes overall well-being, if it doesn't you can break the
promise
Kantian approach: if everyone broke their promises then
nobody would be able to trust anyone else, this leads to a
world of chaos, therefore you can't break promises
What is a prima facie duty? - Answer-A permanent non-
absolute (moral) reason to do something
How do prima facie duties differ from final duties? What is
the relation between one's prima facie duties and one's
final duty? - Answer-a final duty= what you ought to do in a
particular case, taking into account all relevant prima facie
duties
"if you have a prima facie duty to X, and no prima facie
duty not to X, then it's your final duty to do X."
How do we know what the prima facie duties are? -
Answer-they are self-evident (evident without any need of
proof, or evidence beyond itself)
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What do philosophers mean when they object that Ross's
theory doesn't provide any guidance? - Answer-it has no
rule or procedure for what to do when they conflict-
Ross says we shouldn't expect there to be any such
rule/procedure because it varies from case-to-case
What is moral particularism? - Answer-there are no moral
rules- neither absolute moral rules, nor prima facie moral
duties
For virtue ethicists, what is the relationship between the
questions, "What is it to be a good person?" and "Which
actions are right?" - Answer-these questions ask the same
thing- to be a good person is to be a moral role model &
they guide us to what actions are right
According to virtue ethicists, which actions are right? -
Answer-we must find our moral role models, then ask what
would they do in this situation? that would be the right
action to do
"What would a virtuous person do?"
UNL PHIL 106: final exam 2026 ||Verified Exam!!|| Most
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What is the Doctrine of Double Effect? - Answer-foreseen
side effects: effects which you believe your actions will
have, but you do not aim for
intended effects: effects you aim for
DDE says: provided that you goals is worthwhile, you are
sometimes permitted to act in ways that foreseeably cause
certain harms, though you must never intend to cause
those harms.
What is the difference between pluralism and monism? -
Answer-Pluralism: there's more than 1 fundamental moral
rule
Monism: there is just 1 fundamental moral rule
How does W.D. Ross's approach to the moral rule against
promise breaking differ from the utilitarian approach and
the Kantian approach? - Answer-W.D. Ross's approach:
you have a duty of fidelity- but, if you promise a friend for
,2|Page
lunch & see a stranger drowning then your duty of
beneficence would trump fidelity
utilitarian approach: you have a duty to keep promises if it
promotes overall well-being, if it doesn't you can break the
promise
Kantian approach: if everyone broke their promises then
nobody would be able to trust anyone else, this leads to a
world of chaos, therefore you can't break promises
What is a prima facie duty? - Answer-A permanent non-
absolute (moral) reason to do something
How do prima facie duties differ from final duties? What is
the relation between one's prima facie duties and one's
final duty? - Answer-a final duty= what you ought to do in a
particular case, taking into account all relevant prima facie
duties
"if you have a prima facie duty to X, and no prima facie
duty not to X, then it's your final duty to do X."
How do we know what the prima facie duties are? -
Answer-they are self-evident (evident without any need of
proof, or evidence beyond itself)
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What do philosophers mean when they object that Ross's
theory doesn't provide any guidance? - Answer-it has no
rule or procedure for what to do when they conflict-
Ross says we shouldn't expect there to be any such
rule/procedure because it varies from case-to-case
What is moral particularism? - Answer-there are no moral
rules- neither absolute moral rules, nor prima facie moral
duties
For virtue ethicists, what is the relationship between the
questions, "What is it to be a good person?" and "Which
actions are right?" - Answer-these questions ask the same
thing- to be a good person is to be a moral role model &
they guide us to what actions are right
According to virtue ethicists, which actions are right? -
Answer-we must find our moral role models, then ask what
would they do in this situation? that would be the right
action to do
"What would a virtuous person do?"
