Ethics

Question 1

What do normative ethical theories seek to make?

Answer 1

Rules for us to follow

Question 2

Define
A priori and a posteriori

Answer 2

The idea humans can have knowledge without it begin based on past experiences
The idea humans gain knowledge through there experiences

Question 3

Define
Innatism
Tabula rasa

Answer 3

The idea humans are born with prior knowledge and personality’s
Th idea where all born as blankslates and learn from others

Question 4

Define teleology

Answer 4

Idea an action is only good if it has a positive outcome

Question 5

Define deontology

Answer 5

The idea an action is only good if it fulfils good actions and intentions

Question 6

What is meant by normative

Answer 6

Type of theory that rules how we should behave
For example/ don’t kill

Question 7

Define imutaltion

Answer 7

Unchanging

Question 8

Define telos

Answer 8

Means purpose or outcome

Question 9

What is the meaning of ethnocentric

Answer 9

Seeing everything through the eyes of your culture

Question 10

Someone who has a fixed unchanging truths on ethics can be described as a what?

Answer 10

Absoultist

Question 11

What is a relativist?

Answer 11

Someone who believes humans make up moral goods and bands so nothing is fixed

Question 12

Who is St Thomas aquinas? What’s is religion, centenary, theory

Answer 12

A Roman Catholic Christian philosopher in the 13th century who came up with natural moral law

Question 13

Who did aquinas look up to and what did he think of humans tried to achieve?

Answer 13

Aristotle
Believed all humans tried to do good and avoid evil and goal was to complete fellowship with god

Question 14

If aquinas was alive now would he be a denotoligst or teleoligist

Answer 14

He would be classed as a denotolgst

Question 15

Name the 5 primary precepts

Answer 15

Live in an ordered society
Educate the children
Worship god
Self preservation and protect the innocent
Reproduction

Question 16

What are the 4 natural laws identified by aquinas

Answer 16

Natural, divine, human, eternal

Question 17

What are the primary precepts

Answer 17

5 ideas aquinas beleived that made somthing good and that humans should follow

Question 18

What is synderisis

Answer 18

Idea all humans try to achieve good and avoid evil
Believed by aquinas

Question 19

What is a real good

Answer 19

An action which is good without other intentions

Question 20

What is an apparent good?

Answer 20

A action that humans believe are good

Question 21

For an action to be a real good what does it need to have

Answer 21

A good exterior and interior
(Good action and intention)

Question 22

St aqunias also claimed we should follow seven virtus
Name 4

Answer 22

Platos virtudes (cardinal) prudence, temperance,Justina,courage
St Paul’s virtudes faith,hope,charity

Question 23

Define prudence

Answer 23

Thinking before you speak

Question 24

What is the doctrine of double effect?

Answer 24

As long as an intention and action is good an unintended consequence can not make this no longer a real good as long as it’s proportional
For example giving a patient drugs to help heal there pain but a side effect of them dying quicker is not make the doctor evil and cannot be blamed

Question 25

Who believes and is taught about aquinas law?

Answer 25

As he was the Angelic doctor of the church his theories are spread in Roman Catholic Churches these are found in the magistrtian
As there are billons of rcc the spread of the law is very big

Question 26

Which one of aquinas laws are not reliable?

Answer 26

Human law
This is due to the fact humans can interpret divine and natural la incorrectly

Question 27

What are 4 cons of natural moral law

Answer 27

Observational bias
Manipulative
Theistic - about based on god
Inflexible in certain situations

Question 28

What are 4 pros of natural moral law?

Answer 28

Just/fair
Absolutist
Theistic
Acknowledge the importance of intentions