E.L.A Quiz Flashcards

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What is an argument?

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A series of claims, called premises, intended to logically
support another claim, called the conclusion.

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The difference between a positive and negative argument.

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A negative argument that attempts to show something else is wrong while a positive argument is an argument for something.

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What is Kantianism claim

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Treat others with respect not just as mere tools and do not do anything that you would not endorse everyone doing which means you have to imagine a world were everyone is doing it.

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What is Utilitarianism claim

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Do the thing that would cause the least pain and most pleasure for the most amount of people.

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What is Feminist Care Ethics claim

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We need to take into account those who we have strong relations with.

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What does Virtue ethics claim

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You should have a role model.

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Is morality objective or subjective according to the book?

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Objective because subjective morality is based on opinion therefore anything that anyone believes can be morally correct.

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Problem with Kantiansim

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It gives wrong results sometimes.

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Problem with Utilitarianism

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You could do the right thing for the wrong reason.

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Problem with Feminist Care Ethics

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It does not tell us what to do.

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Problem with Virtue Ethics

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You are not really following virtue ethics if you take something that are good about a person and leave out others.

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What is the goal of an argument by analogy.

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To show that two ethic cases are morally similar in a relevant way.

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