ethics Flashcards

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is the practical and philosophical science of the morality of human acts or human conduct

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Ethics

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2
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is the quality of right and wrong in human acts

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Morality

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3
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where does ethics deal only with

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human acts

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4
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it means having no moral sense

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amoral

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5
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it means out of the realm of morality altogether

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Nonmoral

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6
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a person knowingly violates human moral standards by doing something wrong or by being sad

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Immoral

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7
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a person may also violate moral standards because he or she has no moral sense

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amoral

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8
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it can be neither be good nor bad nor do anything right or wrong simply because it does not fall within the scope of morality

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Nonmoral

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9
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it is only one of the degrees of moral obligations

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ought

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10
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it is a complicated situation wherein one is torn between choosing one of two goods or choosing between the lesser of two evils

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Moral Dilemma

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11
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it is a system of codes that gives the world meaning and shapes the behavior of people

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culture

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12
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right or good is always relative to a particular culture or society

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Cultural Relativisim

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13
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If society or culture dictates that an act or practice is wrong, then it is indeed wrong.

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Ethical Relativism

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14
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it emanate from moral character

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individual acts

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15
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it is formed by individual acts

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moral character

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16
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he was a moral philosopher and student of child development

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Lawrence Kohlberg

17
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one of the best known stories of Kohlberg’s concerns a man called

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Heinz

18
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refers any thought, word, deed or omission - comes from a person acting with full knowledge and the exercise of his/her freewill

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Human Acts

19
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performed without intervention of intellect and freewill - indeliberate, involuntary, not free, not under one’s control

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Acts of Man

20
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it must be backed by good reasons.And it also requires the impartial consideration of each individual’s interest

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Reason and impartiality

21
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if we want to discover the truth, we must let our feelings be guided as much as possible by reason

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Necessity of Reason

22
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it is the idea that each individual’s interest are equally important; no one should get special treatment

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Impartiality