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Question 1

Are we born able to care for others?

Answer 1

Yes

Question 2

Is moral synonymous for ethical?

Answer 2

yes

Question 3

Moral means what?

Answer 3

Latin mores

Custom; how people customarily behave

Question 4

ethics means what?

Answer 4

Greek ethikos

refers to behaviors we expect

Question 5

What is Ethics?

Answer 5

study of how people should act toward one another, other species, and natural systems (avoid causing harm)

Question 6

List the 6 concepts of ethics

Answer 6

1) moral agent of
2) avoid causing
3) unjustified
4) harms
5) to other humans and
6) to other subjects and

Question 7

The understanding we can and should not cause harm is based on the…

Answer 7

Human Analogy

Question 8

What is the human analogy?

Answer 8

I understand that you are like me in that you can be caused pain and death and disablility and be thwarted to seek pleasure. I assume you don’t want me to do these things to you And I expect you know I don’t want you to do these things to me. We are similair in this way= human analogy

Question 9

Human analogy effective evils

Answer 9

Terrorism and Torture

Question 10

Is terrorism unethical

Answer 10

Yes, no good reason

Question 11

Some values

Answer 11

aesthetic or expression of taste

Question 12

Projection

Answer 12

the assumption that other people think, feel, value, or experience the world just like we do.

Question 13

Ethical values

Answer 13

necessarily express ideas that people bring to their interaction with others, I care about how others treat me and the people who are important to me. My own ethical values are important because they inform my personal choices and are reflected in how I get along with others.

Question 14

Are we born to be ethical?

Answer 14

Yes