ETHICAL SCHOOL OF THOUGHTS PART A

Question 1

no universal or absolute moral principles.

Answer 1

ETHICAL RELATIVISM

Question 2

Standards of right and wrong are always relative to a particular culture or society.

Answer 2

ETHICAL RELATIVISM

Question 3

Sometimes, morality is based on someone’s moral opinion of a certain matter.

Answer 3

ETHICAL RELATIVISM

Question 4

one would be considered too ambitious in claiming that one knows absolute and objective ethical principles that are true

Answer 4

To moral relativist

Question 5

Moral norms depend upon a given situation, but whatever situation maybe, one must act in the name of Christian love.

Answer 5

SITUATIONAL ETHICS

Question 6

Three types of love

Answer 6

eros, philia, and agape

Question 7

Eros

Answer 7

refers to your romantic love (has reservations/pagtatangi).

Question 8

Philia

Answer 8

refers to platonic and brotherly love (has
reservations/pagtatangi).

Question 9

Agape

Answer 9

refers to christian and unconditional love— loving how Christ had loved us.

Question 10

Situation ethics makes moral decisions flexible and adaptable to varying situations. However, making your decisions flexible encourages what?

Answer 10

Contextualism

Question 11

may encourage ethical relativism. This may be used to justify the ends to which a medical procedure is performed.

Answer 11

Contextualism

Question 12

Charles Peirce and William James, and some American philosophers like John Dewey.

Answer 12

PRAGMATISM

Question 13

The most valid form of knowledge is one which is practical, workable, and beneficial.

Answer 13

PRAGMATISM

Question 14

Truth is a part of experience that can provide workable guides to practical behavior.

Answer 14

PRAGMATISM

Question 15

Pragmatism sounds workable but is problematic because it takes on many forms such as:

Answer 15

Experimentalism and Instrumentalism

Question 16

is materialistic and too individualistic

Answer 16

Pragmatism

Question 17

Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill

Answer 17

UTILITARIANISM

Question 18

Rightness and wrongness of ethical actions is determined by the goodness or badness of their consequences.

Answer 18

UTILITARIANISM

Question 19

This is the only one principle worth noting.

Answer 19

The principle of utility

Question 20

No action seems to be intrinsically right or intrinsically wrong.

Answer 20

UTILITARIANISM

Question 21

We ought to choose the action that produces the most benefits at the least cost of pain or unhappiness

Answer 21

UTILITARIANISM

Question 22

also known as Principle of Proportionality

Answer 22

The Principle of Greatest Happiness

Question 23

the greatest amount of happiness for the greatest number of people.

Answer 23

The Principle of Greatest Happiness / Principle of Proportionality

Question 24

The more people that will benefit from a better moral decision, the better.

Answer 24

UTILITARIANISM