ethics

Question 1

philosophy is from the words?

Answer 1

philo = love
sophia = wisdom

Question 2

what are the factors that makes us choose how to live our life?

Answer 2

what is good
our values
happiness

Question 3

what is the goal of ethics?

Answer 3

to make us realize how we want our life to be

Question 4

ethics is from the words?

Answer 4

ethos = character

Question 5

morals is from the words?

Answer 5

mores = customs

Question 6

what are ethics?

Answer 6

study of the morality of an act

Question 7

what are morals?

Answer 7

standards to which an individual must observe in their conduct

Question 8

what are the characteristics of moral standards?

Answer 8

it may benefit or injure human beings
its validity depends on reason not popularity
preferred to other values including self-interest
based on impartial considerations
associated with guilt, pity, indignation
universalizable

Question 9

true or false: moral actions are based on reason and feelings

Answer 9

true

Question 10

true or false: feelings help us make decisions that are humane

Answer 10

true

Question 11

reason allows us to make decisions that are?

Answer 11

right

Question 12

feelings seek _______ so it is reason that tempers these compulsions

Answer 12

immediate fulfillment

Question 13

reason can sometimes be __________ that it becomes ______________

Answer 13

blinded in implementing and following its strict rules; incapable of empathy

Question 14

it is through what that we can add empathy to our decisions?

Answer 14

feelings

Question 15

true or false: empathy is irrational

Answer 15

false

Question 16

what is the moral agent

Answer 16

our personhood

Question 17

what are actions that flow from the personhood and determine the kind of person you are?

Answer 17

human actions

Question 18

who is the first victim of a bad decision?

Answer 18

the self

Question 19

what are the levels of a moral dilemma?

Answer 19

individual - personal; within the individual
organizational - within an organization; individual needs vs collective purpose of the organization
structural/ systemic - ongoing search for a satisfactory system; manager faces enduring dilemmas such as trade offs without easy answers

Question 20

what is the role of reason is moral dilemmas?

Answer 20

a facility used on dealing with issues
moral judgement is not a matter of preferences / taste

Question 21

what is moral reasoning?

Answer 21

identify the morally relevant aspects
weigh the significance of the aspects and give importance to what constitutes benefit and harm
identify the possible actions that can be pursued
come to a decision

Question 22

what is impartiality?

Answer 22

all human welfare is equal
everyone is equal

Question 23

what is a conscientious agent?

Answer 23

scrutinize an action before executing it because there is a possibility that we can do more harm than good when it is done unto others

Question 24

where do values come from?

Answer 24

pre rational preferring of values

Question 25

true or false: values are beyond reason

Answer 25

true

Question 26

what is a priori?

Answer 26

value is beyond the reach of reason