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DSST Ethics In America
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1. What philosopher believed that happiness is the basis of philosophy. To be happy one must grow in the knowledge of God not by satisfaction of goods.
Thomas Aquinas
Augustine of Hippo
Relativism and Objectivism.
Metaethics.
2. What two topics are prominent in metaethics?
John Rawls
Thomas Aquinas. This concept has to do with the blending of virtue - theology - law - reason - and revelation. It's an idea that the very basis of ethics is God and we are to follow God's will. It's a reckoning of law with God.
Categorical and hypothetical
(1) metaphysical issues concerning whether morality exists independently of humans - and (2) psychological issues concerning the underlying mental basis of our moral judgments and conduct.
3. Scripture and 'God's Will -' and divine commands such as 'murder is wrong -' are called ...
Epictetus
Categorical
Kant
Divine command theory or voluntarism.
4. This philosopher believed in reason - universal application of morals applied by a sense of duty.
Plato.
Relativism.
Kant
Original position
5. Examples of categorical imperatives
Categorical
Good will - respect for every person as a human
Individual relativism and cultural relativism.
John Rawls
6. What imperative states that for an action to be worth it must be universal to all beings and it must be done with a sense of moral duty?
Ockham
Forfeiture
Categorical
Relativism. And this-worldly.
7. Relativism that is determined by society - such as acceptance of homosexuals - matricide - abortion - etc. is:
Categorical and hypothetical
Cultural relativism
Agrees to regarding rights and duties.
Augustine of Hippo
8. Skepticism forms a basis for moral __________
Stoicism
Good will - respect for every person as a human
Normative
Relativism.
9. Prominent stoic philosopher
Epictetus
Reason
Existentialism - especially the works of Sartre
Stoicism
10. An attacker gives up his right to life. Self-defense theory is covered by what philosophy:
Applied
Normative
Metaethics.
Forfeiture
11. What topics comprise metaphysical ethics issues?
Categorical and hypothetical
Hypothetical
Ockham
Relativism and Objectivism.
12. In Plato's view can moral abstractions be altered?
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13. What are the three modern ethical theories?
Agrees to regarding rights and duties.
(1) metaphysical issues concerning whether morality exists independently of humans - and (2) psychological issues concerning the underlying mental basis of our moral judgments and conduct.
John Rawls
Metaethics - normative ethics - and applied ethics.
14. According to Rawls - an ethical situation can be determined with a thought experiment that assumes no social class - race - or hierarchy is involved. This is called the __________.
Sextus Empiricus - Michel Montaigne - and William Graham Sumner
Thomas Aquinas. This concept has to do with the blending of virtue - theology - law - reason - and revelation. It's an idea that the very basis of ethics is God and we are to follow God's will. It's a reckoning of law with God.
Veil of ignorance
Metaethics.
15. A metaphysical philosopher of the Middle Ages who believed in libertarian ideals such as separation of church and state and who also believed that the simplest explanation is most likely the correct one:
Cultural relativism
(1) metaphysical issues concerning whether morality exists independently of humans - and (2) psychological issues concerning the underlying mental basis of our moral judgments and conduct.
John Rawls
William of Ockham
16. What philosophy holds that we are fully responsible for what becomes of us - that we are hurling ourselves toward our own future - and we are responsible for our own ethics - not God.
Augustine of Hippo
Thomas Aquinas
Existentialism - especially the works of Sartre
Hypothetical
17. What system of ethics holds that ethical standards exist as absolutes outside the physical in a sort of spiritual realm?
Good will - respect for every person as a human
Metaethics.
Objectivism. And other-worldly.
Individual relativism and cultural relativism.
18. One medieval philosopher who believed in divine commands was ...
Objective view/other-worldly. Medieval philosophers relied on superstition and religion to define morality.
Metaethics - normative ethics - and applied ethics.
Kant
Ockham
19. What is the more 'practical' ethical theory - concentrating on our standards of behavior and duties to others?
Normative
Categorical
Ockham
(1) metaphysical issues concerning whether morality exists independently of humans - and (2) psychological issues concerning the underlying mental basis of our moral judgments and conduct.
20. What philosopher might say - 'I ought never to act except in such a way that I could also will that my maxim should become a universal law.'
Relativism. And this-worldly.
Agrees to regarding rights and duties.
Hypothetical
Kant
21. Who said - 'Good is to be done and promoted and evil is to be avoided?'
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22. 17th Century British philosopher ________ likened morals to spiritual 'relationships' rather than spiritual objects.
Thomas Aquinas. This concept has to do with the blending of virtue - theology - law - reason - and revelation. It's an idea that the very basis of ethics is God and we are to follow God's will. It's a reckoning of law with God.
Individual relativism
Metaethics.
Samuel Clarke
23. Friedrich Nietzsche argued that an individual created his own morality. This ties in with the 'becoming' of a superman. This creation of morality distinct from society is:
Samuel Clarke
Forfeiture
Individual relativism
Plato.
24. What imperative covers actions that are not universal or not in keeping with a sense of duty?
John Rawls
Thomas Aquinas
Categorical and hypothetical
Hypothetical
25. Moral relativism is split into two categories:
Categorical and hypothetical
No. Plato's view was that moral and ethical ideas existed as abstract concepts such as math. Humans can't change numbers and math (1+1 will always equal 2) and he believed morals existed in the same realm.
Individual relativism and cultural relativism.
Kant
26. Who determined there were four cardinal virtues (prudence - temperance - fortitude - justice) and three theological virtues (faith - hope - and charity)?
Ockham
Objective view/other-worldly. Medieval philosophers relied on superstition and religion to define morality.
Thomas Aquinas
Veil of ignorance
27. What system of ethics holds that ethical standards are constructs of society?
Relativism. And this-worldly.
Agrees to regarding rights and duties.
Relativism and Objectivism.
Sextus Empericus
28. What philosopher likened ethics and morals to spirit-like objects that exist as abstractions? Such as math (1+1=2)
Relativism. And this-worldly.
Objectivism. And other-worldly.
Reason
Plato.
29. Kant created what imperatives
Categorical
Categorical and hypothetical
Stoicism
Individual relativism
30. Which philosopher - greatly influenced by Kant - wrote A Theory of Justice?
Kant
Reason
Individual relativism
John Rawls
31. Skeptics such as _____________ did not deny moral values only that they were divine or willed by God.
Sextus Empericus
Metaethics - normative ethics - and applied ethics.
Cultural relativism
Hypothetical
32. To Kant - what is the basis for morality?
Relativism and Objectivism.
Individual relativism
Reason
Kant
33. What philosophy believes the virtuous life is the only way to attain happiness and that vice leads to unhappiness. (Also - objectivism/other-worldly)
Stoicism
Kant
Good will - respect for every person as a human
(1) metaphysical issues concerning whether morality exists independently of humans - and (2) psychological issues concerning the underlying mental basis of our moral judgments and conduct.
34. The original position is a contract in which every citizen
Agrees to regarding rights and duties.
Metaethics.
Normative
Samuel Clarke
35. Three cultural relativists:
Sextus Empiricus - Michel Montaigne - and William Graham Sumner
Individual relativism
Forfeiture
Objectivism. And other-worldly.
36. What ethical theory involves specific issues such as abortion - environmentalism - war - homosexuality - capital punishment and similar topics.
Metaethics.
Samuel Clarke
Existentialism - especially the works of Sartre
Applied
37. What theory concentrates on the origins and constructs of ethics - including God - society - and satisfying emotion?
Epictetus
(1) metaphysical issues concerning whether morality exists independently of humans - and (2) psychological issues concerning the underlying mental basis of our moral judgments and conduct.
Metaethics.
William of Ockham
38. Medieval philosophers believed morals were 'eternal law.' Would this be a worldly/relativism view or an other-worldly/objective view?
Objective view/other-worldly. Medieval philosophers relied on superstition and religion to define morality.
Sextus Empericus
Forfeiture
(1) metaphysical issues concerning whether morality exists independently of humans - and (2) psychological issues concerning the underlying mental basis of our moral judgments and conduct.
39. In A Theory of Justice - Rawls replaces Hobbes - Rouseau - and Locke's 'state of nature' with what?
Reason
Metaethics.
Original position
Augustine of Hippo