ETHICS AND PHILOSOPHICAL INQUIRY - MORAL DILEMMA

Question 1

• From Gk. word “ethos” =
  meaning: “customs”, “usage” or
  “character”.
• a philosophical study of moral
  judgments.

Answer 1

ethics

Question 2

• also known as Moral
  Philosophy.
• deals with norms or standard of
  right and wrong/ good and evil
  applicable to human behavior.

Answer 2

ethics

Question 3

ethics - Maybe described as a
___ ___ on
various life situations

Answer 3

critical reflection

Question 4

ethics - An ___ into some
standard to guide one’s
action, or as a tool to
understand a given
condition

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inquiry

Question 5

who said “Wonder is the feeling
of a philosopher, and
philosophy begins in
wonder.”

Answer 5

socrates

Question 6

period in time where they concerned themselves with the nature and origin of
the world

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pre-socratic period (ancient)

Question 7

Everything come from water.

Answer 7

thales

Question 8

Everything come from air.

Answer 8

anaximenes

Question 9

Everything come from number

Answer 9

pythagoras

Question 10

Everything is in a constant flux

Answer 10

heraclitus

Question 11

Change is an illusion,
everything is permanent.

Answer 11

parmenides

Question 12

who said “This unquenchable
desire to know is
philosophy.”

Answer 12

pythagoras

Question 13

philia means

Answer 13

love

Question 14

sophia means

Answer 14

wisdom

Question 15

who said “Human life is a struggle to live more thoughtfully;
to live according to a certain idea or form of what
life ought to be.”

Answer 15

plato

Question 16

true or false - The practice of inquiry SHIFTED from outside of the human person to the human person itself; from being inquiring to being who is subject of inquiry.

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true

Question 17

areas of ethics:

Examines the validity of standards that make such
judgment of right or wrong possible.

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meta-ethics

Question 18

area of ethics:

The study of ethical
actions and questions the
standards of what is
considered morally good
or bad

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normative ethics

Question 19

areas of ethics:

concerned with question
such as why should one be
moral and how can one
tell what is right or wrong

Answer 19

normative ethics

Question 20

a method geared towards
arriving at a clear meaning
of common human issues
in everyday life

Answer 20

philosophical inquiry

Question 21

instances when individuals
are confronted with conflicting answers to the
question, “what is right?”

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moral dilemma

Question 22

a situation in which
difficult choice has to be made between two courses of action, either of which entails transgressing a moral principle

• english oxford dictionary

Answer 22

moral dilemma

Question 23

kritikos means

Answer 23

discerning judgement

Question 24

kriterion means

Answer 24

standards

Question 25

There is a consequential and complimentary relation between ___ and ___.

Answer 25

acting and thinking

Question 26

The art of analyzing and evaluating thinking with a view to improving it - richard paul and linda elder

Answer 26

critical thinking

Question 27

modes of thinking: It is the kind of thinking that makes people aware of a particular object of thought.

Answer 27

first-order thinking or ordinary thinking

Question 28

modes of thinking: - The moment you start asking HOW or WHY instead of WHAT? - To engage in reflection, assessment, and interpretation.

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second-order thinking or critical thinking

Question 29

who said “Self awareness is key to living a more meaningful life."

Answer 29

plato

Question 30

lays out the problem or issue and guides our thinking. When the question is vague, our thinking will lack clarity and distinctness.

Answer 30

question

Question 31

- includes the facts, data, evidence, or experiences we use to figure things out. - It does not necessarily imply accuracy or correctness.

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information

Question 32

- interpretations or conclusions you come to. - what the mind does in figuring something out. - should logically follow from the evidence

Answer 32

interpretation and inference

Question 33

- ideas, theories, laws, principles, or hypotheses we use in thinking to make sense of things.

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concepts

Question 34

- beliefs you take for granted. They usually operate at the subconscious or unconscious level of thought.

Answer 34

assumptions

Question 35

- claims or truths that logically follow from other claims or truths. - follow from thoughts. - inherent in your thoughts, whether you see them or not

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implications

Question 36

- follow from actions

Answer 36

consequences