HS2610 -Midterm Study Guide Exam
with Actual Answers 2026 Updated.
Meta-ethics - Answer -fundamental beliefs that contextualize your ethical beliefs
-its the big idea; context and concept
-pure theory about right and wrong
Ethics - Answer -deciding what is right and wrong—the application part
what is the hardest part about ethics? - Answer -action: the ability to follow through
meta-ethics takes place_________ ethics - Answer -outside
realism - Answer -universal truths (facts), exist outside the mind
-build up enough validity and becomes true
anti-realsim - Answer -denies that universal truth exist
where does ethics occur? - Answer -inside ethics
what does ethics look too? - Answer -honesty, truthfulness and respect for other people
what is meant by ethical/ unethical? - Answer - the judgement abut an action or thought
what is meant by non-ethical - Answer -unjustified/unexplained views
when you are asked why something is wrong, you have to________ - Answer -you have to be
able to explain why you choose such answer
what is mortality? - Answer -the public opinion about ethical issues
what is a fact? - Answer -something that can be proven
-description
, what is value (normativity)? - Answer - what should or should not be done—what ought to
be or ought not be done
true or false, facts and value are the same thing - Answer -false, they are not the same thing,
they work together
what variables do ethics work with? - Answer - severity: degree fo harm an action can have
on an individual
-prevalence: total number of cases
when severity and prevalence overlap it becomes_________ - Answer -morally important
Stephen Jay Gould - Answer -for an idea to be come fact, it requires a lot of time
can-to-should fallacy - Answer -just because we have the capacity to do it, doesn't meant we
should do it
what are the statements of value? - Answer 1) aesthetic
-having a preference
-not facts
-opinions without justification
2) moral: objectively true or false
-moral value: declaration of what is right
what type of questions does ethics deal with? - Answer -questions of right or wrong conduct
and with what we ought to do and what we ought to refrain from doing
how is ethics different from law? - Answer - law is determined politically
- law and morality have little in common
-law is written by the people
Rosa Parks - Answer - took a stance against the law and sat in an area that was fro white
people; got arrested because at the time it was the law
-people eventually saw it as ethically wrong
Velma Demerson - Answer -Asian men were not allowed to marry white women
with Actual Answers 2026 Updated.
Meta-ethics - Answer -fundamental beliefs that contextualize your ethical beliefs
-its the big idea; context and concept
-pure theory about right and wrong
Ethics - Answer -deciding what is right and wrong—the application part
what is the hardest part about ethics? - Answer -action: the ability to follow through
meta-ethics takes place_________ ethics - Answer -outside
realism - Answer -universal truths (facts), exist outside the mind
-build up enough validity and becomes true
anti-realsim - Answer -denies that universal truth exist
where does ethics occur? - Answer -inside ethics
what does ethics look too? - Answer -honesty, truthfulness and respect for other people
what is meant by ethical/ unethical? - Answer - the judgement abut an action or thought
what is meant by non-ethical - Answer -unjustified/unexplained views
when you are asked why something is wrong, you have to________ - Answer -you have to be
able to explain why you choose such answer
what is mortality? - Answer -the public opinion about ethical issues
what is a fact? - Answer -something that can be proven
-description
, what is value (normativity)? - Answer - what should or should not be done—what ought to
be or ought not be done
true or false, facts and value are the same thing - Answer -false, they are not the same thing,
they work together
what variables do ethics work with? - Answer - severity: degree fo harm an action can have
on an individual
-prevalence: total number of cases
when severity and prevalence overlap it becomes_________ - Answer -morally important
Stephen Jay Gould - Answer -for an idea to be come fact, it requires a lot of time
can-to-should fallacy - Answer -just because we have the capacity to do it, doesn't meant we
should do it
what are the statements of value? - Answer 1) aesthetic
-having a preference
-not facts
-opinions without justification
2) moral: objectively true or false
-moral value: declaration of what is right
what type of questions does ethics deal with? - Answer -questions of right or wrong conduct
and with what we ought to do and what we ought to refrain from doing
how is ethics different from law? - Answer - law is determined politically
- law and morality have little in common
-law is written by the people
Rosa Parks - Answer - took a stance against the law and sat in an area that was fro white
people; got arrested because at the time it was the law
-people eventually saw it as ethically wrong
Velma Demerson - Answer -Asian men were not allowed to marry white women
