PHIL 160 EXAM 1 KU QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Ethics - Answers - The normative study of human conduct
How does ethics differ from other social sciences? - Answers - Ethics is about what we
should do, while the social sciences explain what we did in the past, or predict what we
will do in the future.
How is moral philosophy related to ethics? - Answers - Ethics is about how one ought to
live in general; moral philosophy is about what makes an action acceptable (or
forbidden) from the moral point of view.
Prudential point of view - Answers - Whether the act best promotes the agent's own
long-term well-being
Fundamental Project of Moral Philosophy - Answers - To explain what makes morally
right actions right
Create a criterion of rightness
X is a square, the definition of this has criteria
Necessary conditions - Answers - x is a sufficient condition for y =
x→y
"If you throw an egg, it will break"
A condition that must be present for something to occur
Sufficient Conditions - Answers - X is a necessary condition for y =
If x does not occur then y will not either
"To become president of the US, you must be at least thirty five years old"
a condition or set of conditions that will produce the event
Necessary and sufficient conditions - Answers - X is necessary and sufficient for y
x↔y
If someone is a bachelor, then he's an adult unmarried male and vice versa
"Only if" "just in case" "vice versa"
Criterion
10C versus Ten Commandments - Answers - 10C is the criterion of the Ten
commandments, goes beyond the commandments themselves
10C - Answers - An action is morally right if and only if it can be performed without
violating any of the Ten Commandments
Ethics - Answers - The normative study of human conduct
How does ethics differ from other social sciences? - Answers - Ethics is about what we
should do, while the social sciences explain what we did in the past, or predict what we
will do in the future.
How is moral philosophy related to ethics? - Answers - Ethics is about how one ought to
live in general; moral philosophy is about what makes an action acceptable (or
forbidden) from the moral point of view.
Prudential point of view - Answers - Whether the act best promotes the agent's own
long-term well-being
Fundamental Project of Moral Philosophy - Answers - To explain what makes morally
right actions right
Create a criterion of rightness
X is a square, the definition of this has criteria
Necessary conditions - Answers - x is a sufficient condition for y =
x→y
"If you throw an egg, it will break"
A condition that must be present for something to occur
Sufficient Conditions - Answers - X is a necessary condition for y =
If x does not occur then y will not either
"To become president of the US, you must be at least thirty five years old"
a condition or set of conditions that will produce the event
Necessary and sufficient conditions - Answers - X is necessary and sufficient for y
x↔y
If someone is a bachelor, then he's an adult unmarried male and vice versa
"Only if" "just in case" "vice versa"
Criterion
10C versus Ten Commandments - Answers - 10C is the criterion of the Ten
commandments, goes beyond the commandments themselves
10C - Answers - An action is morally right if and only if it can be performed without
violating any of the Ten Commandments
