Ethics and Ethical Reasoning

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is a branch of philosophy also called moral philosophy

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Ethics

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ask basic questions about the good life, about what is better or what is worse

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Ethics

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it defends a THESIS about what is good, right, and just

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Normative Ethics

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it asks questions about the nature of ethics, including the meaning of ethical terms and judgment (Meaning)

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Metaethics

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factual matters are relevant to moral evaluation

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True

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that everybody is FREE to choose what path they want regardless of status in the economy

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Liberalism

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peace will not exist if there is no war

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True

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is a necessity on the ethical judgment

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Ethical Information

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Ethics has indebted in other disciplines

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psychology, sociology, history

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which state actual belief and evaluative judgment (actual)

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Descriptive (Empirical) Judgment

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it is evaluative in NATURE, it places a value negative or positive on some action or practices (depending on your religious conviction and/or principles)

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Normative (Moral) Judgment

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under descriptive judgment

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psychology, sociology

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under normative judgment

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ethics, law, religion, aesthetics, customs

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to know the extent of good and wrong

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Ethical Terms

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too much of being good is bad by:

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Plato and Aristotle

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claims that our idea rests upon some sort of intuitive knowledge of ethical truths

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Intuitionism

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it maintains that when we say something good, we are showing approval of it, recommending without describing it (empathy) (based on the emotions of others

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Emotivism

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we ought to desire things that are good (ode to do our duty)

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Objectivist

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it explains value judgment merely express SUBJECTIVE OPINION

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Subjectivist

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the value of morality depending upon our benefits

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Intrinsic Ends

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allowing ourselves to be an instrument

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Instrumental Ends

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it also involves arguments about what is the case or what is true

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Structure of Ethical Reasoning and Arguments

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it can be constructed well or constructed poorly, a good argument is a SOUND argument

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Evaluating and Making Good Argument

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are usually excuses to explain away bad behavior

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Rationalization

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a systematic exposition of a particular view about the nature and basis of good and right

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Ethical Theory

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this theory is based on MORAL JUDGMENT on their consequences

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Consequentialist or Teleological Moral Theories

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from the Greek word “telos” which means

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goal and/or end

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those theories that hold actions can be right or wrong regardless of consequences

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Nonconsequentialist or Deontological Theories

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from the Greek word “deon” which means

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duty