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Ethics Critical Thinking Moral Dilemma Flashcards

1
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From freek word “ethos” = meaning?

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“customs”
“usage”
“character”

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A philosophical study of moral judgements

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Ethics

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Also known as Moral Philosophy

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Ethics

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it deals with norms or standard of right and wrong/ good and evil applicable to human behavior.

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Ethics

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Maybe described as a critical __________ on various life situations.

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Reflection

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into some standard to guide one’s action , or as a tool to undestand a given condition.

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Inquiry

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it all began with a _____________!!!!

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Question

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Human by nature are ____________

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Inquisitive

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it began with investigations and discussions of life’s deepest and most significant question.

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Philosophy

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Who said that “Wonder is feeling of a philosopher and philosophy begins with wonder”

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Socrates

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it concerned themselves with the nature and origin of the world.

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Pre-Socratic Period (Ancient)

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12
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Everything come from water

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Thales

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13
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Everything come from air

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Anaximenes

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14
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Everything come from number.

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Pythagoras

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15
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Everything is in a constant flux(constant changes).

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Heraclitus

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16
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Change is an illusion,everything is permanent.

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Parmenides

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17
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their motivation to inquire and understandthe underlying principle of reality as they knew it.

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COMMONALITY

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Philia

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Love

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Sophia

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Wisdom

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20
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Philosophy

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Love Of Wisdom

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Love

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Philia

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Wisdom

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Sophia -

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Love Of Wisdom

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Philosophy

24
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who said “This unquenchable desire to know is philosophy.”

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PYTHAGORAS, ON PHILOSOPHY

25
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The practice of inquiry ________ 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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SHIFTED

26
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who said “An unexamined life is not worth living.”

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  • Socrates
27
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who said “An __________ life is not worth living.”

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unexamined

28
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“Know __________!”

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Thyself!

29
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“Human life is a struggle to live more thoughtfully; to live according to a certain idea or form of what life ought to be.”

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PLATO

30
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“Human life is a __________to live more thoughtfully; to live according to a certain idea or form of what ________ ought to be.”

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struggle
life

31
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“ULTIMATE HAPPINES CAN BE FOUND IN POLITICAL LIFE”

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Plato

32
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PLATO, “ULTIMATE __________CAN BE FOUND IN _____________LIFE”

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HAPPINESSPOLITICAL

33
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3 Major Areas of Ethics

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Metaethics
Normative Ethics
Ethics of Religion

34
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Examines the validity of standards that make such judgment of right or wrong possible.

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META-ETHICS

35
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Cognitivism
Intuitionism
Naturalism
Subjectivism

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Meta-Ethics

36
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The study of ethical actions and questions the standards of what is considered morally good or bad.

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Normative Ethics

37
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it concerned with question such s why should one be moral and how can one tell what is right or wrong.

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Normative Ethics

38
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Consequentialism
Deontological Ethics
Virtue Ethics

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Normative Ethics

39
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A method geared towards arriving at a clear meaning of common human issues in everyday life.

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Philosophy Inquiry

40
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Problem –> ___________ –> Solution

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Thinking

41
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are instances when individuals are confronted with conflicting answers to the question, “what is right?”

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Moral dilemmas

42
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defines moral dilemma as a situation in which difficult choice has to be made between two courses of action, either of which entails transgressing a moral principle.

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The English Oxford Dictionary

43
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In matters of right and wrong, individualsare expected to have moral principles toguide them in moral _______________.

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decision-making.

44
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Conflict typically involves opposing ______, _______, and ______.

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values, beliefs, and norms.

45
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__________ is rooted not only in individual; behavior but also in different _____and norms of the _________.

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Conflict
values
Norms

46
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What is common to moral dilemmas is __________.

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Conflict

47
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an agent regards himself as having moral reasons to do each of two actions, but doing both actions seems to be ethically not possible.

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ethical dilemma

48
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(a) the agent is required to do each of two (ormore) actions;
(b) the agent can do each of the actions; but the agent cannot do both (or all) of the actions.

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moral dilemma

49
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the agent thus seems condemned to moral failure; no matter what he does, he will do something wrong, or fail to do something that he ought to do.

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moral dilemma

50
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_______defines ‘________’ as speaking the truth and paying one’s debts.

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Cephalus
Justice

51
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Important Elements in Moral Decision-Making

The act itself is morally _______- or at least _________.

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good
indeferrent

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ETHICS (3 decks)

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