SPTM 419 Exam 1 – Study Guide, Revision Notes, and Practice Questions for
Exam Preparation
ethics - correct answer ✔✔evaluate standards of right or wrong that people assign to action,
behavior, intentions and persons
moral values - correct answer ✔✔relative worth placed on some virtuous behavior that are
INTERNAL, SUBJECTIVE, AND IMMEASURABLE
honesty, loyalty, perseverance
non-moral values - correct answer ✔✔relative worth placed on EXTRINSIC gains
money, fame, prestige, relationships
the 4 distinguishing marks of morality ( Beauchamp ) - correct answer ✔✔1. supremely
authoritative guide to behavior
2. prescriptive characteristic (should or should not)
3. universalizability vs realism
4. central concern for the well being of others
6 features of moral questions (billington) - correct answer ✔✔no avoidance
involvement of others
importance
, no absolute answers
choice
discovery of right behavior
idealism - correct answer ✔✔what can be/should be
realism - correct answer ✔✔what is real life
pragmatism - correct answer ✔✔the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring
practicality and literal truth
kohlbergs level 1: pre conventional morality - correct answer ✔✔stage 1: obedience and
punishment - behavior driven by avoiding punishment
stage 2: individual interest- behavior driven by self interest and reward
kohlbergs level 2: conventional morality - correct answer ✔✔stage 3: interpersonal- behavior
driven by social approval
stage 4: authority - behavior driven by obeying authority and conforming to social order
kohlbergs level 3: post conventional morality - correct answer ✔✔stage 5: social contract -
behavior driven by balance of social order and individual rights
stage 6: universal ethics - behavior driven by internal moral principles
egosim - correct answer ✔✔acting in self interest (whats in it for me)
Exam Preparation
ethics - correct answer ✔✔evaluate standards of right or wrong that people assign to action,
behavior, intentions and persons
moral values - correct answer ✔✔relative worth placed on some virtuous behavior that are
INTERNAL, SUBJECTIVE, AND IMMEASURABLE
honesty, loyalty, perseverance
non-moral values - correct answer ✔✔relative worth placed on EXTRINSIC gains
money, fame, prestige, relationships
the 4 distinguishing marks of morality ( Beauchamp ) - correct answer ✔✔1. supremely
authoritative guide to behavior
2. prescriptive characteristic (should or should not)
3. universalizability vs realism
4. central concern for the well being of others
6 features of moral questions (billington) - correct answer ✔✔no avoidance
involvement of others
importance
, no absolute answers
choice
discovery of right behavior
idealism - correct answer ✔✔what can be/should be
realism - correct answer ✔✔what is real life
pragmatism - correct answer ✔✔the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring
practicality and literal truth
kohlbergs level 1: pre conventional morality - correct answer ✔✔stage 1: obedience and
punishment - behavior driven by avoiding punishment
stage 2: individual interest- behavior driven by self interest and reward
kohlbergs level 2: conventional morality - correct answer ✔✔stage 3: interpersonal- behavior
driven by social approval
stage 4: authority - behavior driven by obeying authority and conforming to social order
kohlbergs level 3: post conventional morality - correct answer ✔✔stage 5: social contract -
behavior driven by balance of social order and individual rights
stage 6: universal ethics - behavior driven by internal moral principles
egosim - correct answer ✔✔acting in self interest (whats in it for me)
