Ethics

Question 1

Ethics definition

Answer 1

How shall we live? What is good?

Question 2

Phusis

Answer 2

Nature

Question 3

Nomos

Answer 3

Convention

Question 4

Role of philosophy

Answer 4

state and rationally defend what morally should be

Question 5

2 concerns of ethics

Answer 5

Individual character- what does it mean to be a ‘good person’
Social rules governing human conduct, rules of right and wrong (morality)

Question 6

Ethics is a

Answer 6

1. Systematic reflection upon
2. individual, community, institutional and social
3. morality, values and character

Question 7

Morality vs Ethics

Answer 7

Morality- moral judgement, standards and rules of conduct

Ethics- philosophical inquiry into the nature and grounds or morality

Question 8

Moralis

Answer 8

customs manners

Question 9

mos (ethos)

Answer 9

custom, character

Question 10

“Is”

Answer 10

descriptive

Question 11

“ought”

Answer 11

prescriptive

Question 12

2 views of ethics

Answer 12

Deontological

Teleological

Question 13

Sources for ethical decision making (4)

Answer 13

text
tradition (custom or practice passed on)
reason (intellectual framework, rational and logic)
experience (gain from life experiences)

Question 14

Hermetical circle

Answer 14

process of systematic reflection and interpretation – note interconnection between factors impacting our interpretation of ethical questions and the questions themselves

Question 15

Hermeneutics

Answer 15

Art and theory of interpretation especially of texts