Ethics 1 Flashcards
What is the Filipino equivalent of Ethics?
Kagawian
It refers to the philosophical study of morality.
Ethics
It refers to beliefs concerning right and wrong, good and bad— beliefs that can include judgements, values, rules, principles, and theories.
Morality
A type of judgement that is based on an existing rule or law.
Legal Judgement
A kind of judgement that is based on the concept of beauty.
Aesthetic Judgement
A judgement that is solely based on the interest of an individual.
Prudential Judgement
What do you call the careful, systematic evaluation of statements or claims?
Critical Thinking
An assertion that something is or is not the case.
Claim
A group of statements one of which is supposed to be supported by the rest.
Argument
Differentiate the two parts of argument; premise and conclusion.
Premises are statements and evidences used to support the conclusion, which serves as your stand.
A statement affirming that an action is right or wrong or if a person is good or bad.
Moral Statement
Describe a bad argument.
A bad argument has a false premise or a conclusion that does not follow/
The fallacy of trying to use a statement as both a premise in an argument and the conclusion of that argument.
Begging the Question
Determine the type of fallacy: “BTS are famous because they are loved by many people.”
Begging the Question.
The fallacy of assigning two different meanings to the same term in an argument.
Equivocation.
Determine the type of fallacy: “As a person, I have the right to free speech, therefore, it is right for me to call someone slurs.”
Equivocation.
The fallacy of relying on the opinion of someone thought to be an expert who is not.
Appeal to Authority
Determine the fallacy: A brand claims that their sunstick is the best one in the market because it is used and approved by Jungkook from BTS.
Appeal to Authority
The fallacy of using dubious premises to argue that doing a particular action will inevitably lead to other actions that will result in disaster, so one should not do that first action.
Slippery Slope
Determine the type of fallacy: I visited a Kpop store to buy an album. Hours later, I realized that I lost my notebook. If I didn’t go to the Kpop store, I wouldn’t have lost my notebook.
Slippery Slope
The fallacy of using a flawed analogy to argue for a conclusion.
Faulty Analogy
Determine the type of fallacy: Earth and Venus have almost the same size, have a very similar composition, and approximately have about the same mass. Therefore, people can live on Venus.
Faulty Analogy
The fallacy of arguing that the absence of evidence entitles us to believe a claim.
Appeal to Ignorance
Determine the type of fallacy: “The defendant is guilty because there is no evidence to prove his innocence.”
Appeal to Ignorance
