PHI 103 Exam 3 UPDATED ACTUAL Questions And Correct Answers
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Terms in this set (50)
What kind of ethic (normative or meta?) asks the question Normative
.... "What basic moral principles determine what is
"objectively" morally right or wrong?
An example of a metaethical theory is ..... 1. personal subjectivism, divine command, cultural subjectivism
Personal Subjectivism (aka: ethical relativism) is the view right and wrong is based on individual feelings
that
Cultural Subjectivism (aka: moral relativism) is the view that right and wrong is based on cultural norms
What were some of the problems with Personal People will always be morally perfect, everything becomes acceptable, self-
Subjectivism? defeating
What were some of the problems with Cultural Morality is relative and depends on the culture you grew up in. Can't challenge
Subjectivism cultural norms
The moral theory that is about the question, "What kind of virtue based
person should I become
1. One of the problems with ________ is that a moral personal subjectivism
disagreement can never be a moral disagreement (thus
self-defeating)
What is the common aim of metaethics, normative ethics, Bases to decided what is the right and wrong thing to do
and applied ethics
Which are some of the key features of Personal Much disagreement for right and wrong, we don't like to be told when were
Subjectivism (ethical relativism)? wrong, need for political correctness
, Which type of ethical relativism best describes this view: personal subjectivism
"What determines the validity of a moral principle are
individual choices/feelings"?
Which type of ethical relativism best describes this view: cultural subjectivism
"Moral principles are only valid relative to the
standards/norms of a given culture or society"?
For ethical relativists, moral progress or regress is, by impossible
definition:
1. Which version of ethical relativism is characterized by cultural subjectivism
the following?
· It provides little or no guidance to those who are
members of multiple cultures
· It entails that all moral reformers (regarding your own or
another culture) would be wrong to do so.
· It confuses ethical norms with cultural mores.
The problem raised regarding the Divine Command Is an act morally dependent on God because God wills it. God's commands could
Theory (Plato's Euthyphro Problem) be seen as arbitrary.
Kant's Deontological Theory is also known as the categorical imperative
The two versions of Utilitarianism were called.... act and rule
One of the strengths of a deontology theory is that it moral obligations are universally binding
guarantees
1. The ethics of _____ , usually associated with philosopher deontologist
Immanuel Kant, holds the position that principles of
ethics are universal, absolute, and invariable, applying to
everyone and in all circumstances.
1. Which moral/ethical theory is characterized by the deontological theory
following?
· A person can never be treated merely as a means to an
end.
· If something is wrong, then it is wrong in all
circumstances, for every person.
· A right is something a person has regardless, and
something which others have an absolute obligation to
honor and protect.
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Terms in this set (50)
What kind of ethic (normative or meta?) asks the question Normative
.... "What basic moral principles determine what is
"objectively" morally right or wrong?
An example of a metaethical theory is ..... 1. personal subjectivism, divine command, cultural subjectivism
Personal Subjectivism (aka: ethical relativism) is the view right and wrong is based on individual feelings
that
Cultural Subjectivism (aka: moral relativism) is the view that right and wrong is based on cultural norms
What were some of the problems with Personal People will always be morally perfect, everything becomes acceptable, self-
Subjectivism? defeating
What were some of the problems with Cultural Morality is relative and depends on the culture you grew up in. Can't challenge
Subjectivism cultural norms
The moral theory that is about the question, "What kind of virtue based
person should I become
1. One of the problems with ________ is that a moral personal subjectivism
disagreement can never be a moral disagreement (thus
self-defeating)
What is the common aim of metaethics, normative ethics, Bases to decided what is the right and wrong thing to do
and applied ethics
Which are some of the key features of Personal Much disagreement for right and wrong, we don't like to be told when were
Subjectivism (ethical relativism)? wrong, need for political correctness
, Which type of ethical relativism best describes this view: personal subjectivism
"What determines the validity of a moral principle are
individual choices/feelings"?
Which type of ethical relativism best describes this view: cultural subjectivism
"Moral principles are only valid relative to the
standards/norms of a given culture or society"?
For ethical relativists, moral progress or regress is, by impossible
definition:
1. Which version of ethical relativism is characterized by cultural subjectivism
the following?
· It provides little or no guidance to those who are
members of multiple cultures
· It entails that all moral reformers (regarding your own or
another culture) would be wrong to do so.
· It confuses ethical norms with cultural mores.
The problem raised regarding the Divine Command Is an act morally dependent on God because God wills it. God's commands could
Theory (Plato's Euthyphro Problem) be seen as arbitrary.
Kant's Deontological Theory is also known as the categorical imperative
The two versions of Utilitarianism were called.... act and rule
One of the strengths of a deontology theory is that it moral obligations are universally binding
guarantees
1. The ethics of _____ , usually associated with philosopher deontologist
Immanuel Kant, holds the position that principles of
ethics are universal, absolute, and invariable, applying to
everyone and in all circumstances.
1. Which moral/ethical theory is characterized by the deontological theory
following?
· A person can never be treated merely as a means to an
end.
· If something is wrong, then it is wrong in all
circumstances, for every person.
· A right is something a person has regardless, and
something which others have an absolute obligation to
honor and protect.
