DAT 250 QUIZ 1 QUESTIONS COMPLETE
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
\.definition of ethics - ANSWERS✔-rational, systematic analysis of conduct that
can cause benefit or harm to other people
\.Ethics is focused on the _______, _______ choices people make bc they have
decided they ought to ____ - ANSWERS✔-voluntary, moral, take one course of
action rather than an alternative
\.Why do communities exist? - ANSWERS✔-benefits outweigh costs
\.almost everyone shares "core values" desiring - ANSWERS✔-- life
- happiness
- ability to accomplish goals
\.what are the 2 ways to view the world? - ANSWERS✔-selfish pov - consider only
yourself & your core values
ethical pov - respect other ppl & their core values
\.define society - ANSWERS✔-association of ppl organized under system of rules
, \.define morality - ANSWERS✔-a society's rules of conduct
\.define ethics - ANSWERS✔-rational examination of morality
\.what does Kantianism focus on - ANSWERS✔-good will
\.according to Kant, good will is the only thing in the world that is _____ -
ANSWERS✔-good without qualification
\.according to Kant, what should cultivate the desire to do the right thing? -
ANSWERS✔-reason
\.define imperative - ANSWERS✔-the way in which reason commands the will
\.hypothetical imperative - ANSWERS✔-conditional rule "if you want x then do y"
\.categorical imperative 1st formulation - ANSWERS✔-- act only from moral rules
that you can at the same time will to be universal laws
- everyone should follow the universal moral laws without deriving a logical
contradiction
- ex: someone wants to make & break a promise.
universal rule: everyone can make & break promises
then everyone would do this and the idea of a promise would be ruined
hence, the universal rule is flawed
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
\.definition of ethics - ANSWERS✔-rational, systematic analysis of conduct that
can cause benefit or harm to other people
\.Ethics is focused on the _______, _______ choices people make bc they have
decided they ought to ____ - ANSWERS✔-voluntary, moral, take one course of
action rather than an alternative
\.Why do communities exist? - ANSWERS✔-benefits outweigh costs
\.almost everyone shares "core values" desiring - ANSWERS✔-- life
- happiness
- ability to accomplish goals
\.what are the 2 ways to view the world? - ANSWERS✔-selfish pov - consider only
yourself & your core values
ethical pov - respect other ppl & their core values
\.define society - ANSWERS✔-association of ppl organized under system of rules
, \.define morality - ANSWERS✔-a society's rules of conduct
\.define ethics - ANSWERS✔-rational examination of morality
\.what does Kantianism focus on - ANSWERS✔-good will
\.according to Kant, good will is the only thing in the world that is _____ -
ANSWERS✔-good without qualification
\.according to Kant, what should cultivate the desire to do the right thing? -
ANSWERS✔-reason
\.define imperative - ANSWERS✔-the way in which reason commands the will
\.hypothetical imperative - ANSWERS✔-conditional rule "if you want x then do y"
\.categorical imperative 1st formulation - ANSWERS✔-- act only from moral rules
that you can at the same time will to be universal laws
- everyone should follow the universal moral laws without deriving a logical
contradiction
- ex: someone wants to make & break a promise.
universal rule: everyone can make & break promises
then everyone would do this and the idea of a promise would be ruined
hence, the universal rule is flawed
