Chapter 1: Why Be Ethical?

Question 1

autonomy

Answer 1

free self-direction; responsibility

Question 2

beautiful

Answer 2

something that is pleasing in appearance and/or demeanor; having qualities that stimulate the senses

Question 3

Deontological Ethics

Answer 3

the will to do our duty for no other reason than that it is our duty

Question 4

desire

Answer 4

to wish or long for; crave; want

Question 5

duty

Answer 5

is the necessity of acting from respect for the [moral] law - Kant

Question 6

Empiricism

Answer 6

a theory that says that knowledge comes from experience, or from evidence that can be perceived by the senses

Question 7

ethics

Answer 7

a discipline that deals with the nature of the good, the nature of the human person and criteria that we use for making right judgments

Question 8

good

Answer 8

morally excelled, virtuous, pious

Question 9

infinite

Answer 9

boundless, endless

Question 10

morality

Answer 10

a system of right conduct based on fundamental beliefs and obligation to follow certain codes, norms, customs and habits of behavior

Question 11

objective

Answer 11

relating to a sensible experience that is independent of anyone’s individual’s thought, and that can be perceived by others

Question 12

obligation

Answer 12

what one is bound by duty or contract to do

Question 13

passion

Answer 13

a powerful love or emotion or the object of such emotion

Question 14

response

Answer 14

a response, reply or reaction

Question 15

responsibility

Answer 15

being morally accountable for one’s actions; presumes knowledge, freedom, and the ability to choose and to act

Question 16

revelation

Answer 16

ways that God makes Himself known to humankind

Question 17

subjective

Answer 17

relating to a person’s own perception and understanding of a reality; arising from the individual’s own mind, feelings, perceptions

Question 18

Telelogical Ethics

Answer 18

having to do with the design or purpose of something