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Ethics Flashcards

1
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What is the study of moral conduct, values, duties, and goodness?

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ethics

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2
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Which sin is universally condemned by every culture?

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all the above

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3
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According to Secularism, who makes ethical rules?

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humans

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4
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Marxists believe that what is immoral?

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all the above

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5
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From where do Muslims derive their code of ethics?

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the hadith and the quran

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6
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Postmodern ethics are suspicious of what?

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all the above

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Christians believe in a universal lawgiver.

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true

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8
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Secularists believe ethical impulses emerge from evolutionary processes.

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true

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Marxists believe the ends never justify the means.

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false

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Postmodernism accepts universal norms.

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false

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11
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What belief system uses words as tools for persuading others to behave in a preferred manner?

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Pragmatism

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12
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New Spirituality believes the source of morality is found in each person.

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true

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13
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The religion of Islam believes Allah is directly knowable.

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false

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14
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What is the personal standard of determining right and wrong?

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morality

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15
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The ethical system that judges morality based on the consequences of actions is…

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Teleological Ethics

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16
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The ethical system that judges morality based on principal of duty is…

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Deontological Ethics

17
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The belief that we should seek pleasure first and foremost is…

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Hedonism

18
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What is the belief that we should do what is in our own best interest?

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Ethical Egoism

19
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What is the belief that morality is relative to, or defined by, the individual or culture?

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Moral Relativism

20
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What is the belief that we should do whatever is in the best interest of the many, not the few?

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Utilitarianism

21
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What is the belief that truth and morals are relative to one’s community?

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Cultural Relativism

22
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What is the belief in “what goes around comes back around”

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karma

23
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The belief that right and wrong are determined by God’s commands is called…

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Divine Command Theory

24
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What is the belief that reliable knowledge can only be obtained through scientific methods?

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Scientism

25
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There is no division of ethics and law in Islam.

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true

26
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agape

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the belief that morality is built upon two foundational moral absolutes; love of God and love of neighbor

27
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cultural relativism

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the belief that truth and morals are relative to one’s community

28
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divine command theory

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the belief that right and wrong are determined by God’s commands

29
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ethics

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study of moral conduct, values, duties, and goodness

30
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karma

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the belief that good is returned to those who do good and evil returned to those who do evil

31
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moral relativism

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belief that morality is relative to the individual culture

32
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proletariat morality

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belief that whatever advances the proletariat and communism is morally good and whatever hinders them is morally evil

33
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teleological ethics

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any ethical system that judges the morality of actions based upon their consequences

34
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ulitarianism

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the belief that we ought to do whatever maximizes happiness and reduces suffering for the greatest number of people

35
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deontological ethics

problem?

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we should do what is right regardless of the situation or circumstances

what do you do when an ethical absolute comes into conflict with another

hide jew or tell truth?

36
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problems with teleological ethics

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  • people often act against their best interests (ex out of spite or anger)
  • we cannot not always accurately guess the end results
  • our actions might have good intentions and even good end results, but later on, turn out to be evil

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