Introduction To Ethics Flashcards

1
Q

The technical meaning of philosophy is ______

A

Love for wisdom

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2
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Philos means ______

A

Love

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3
Q

Sophia means _______

A

Wisdom

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4
Q

What is the journey towards the definition of love and wisdom?

A

Philosophy

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5
Q

It is composed of many questions; it is a subject that asks questions instead of giving answers.

A

Philosophy

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6
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It is part of philosophy.

A

Ethics

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7
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It is the study of morality of the act.

A

Ethics

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8
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It is the personal compass of right and wrong.

A

Morals

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9
Q

It is the standard of which individuals are encouraged to observe in their conduct.

A

Morals

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10
Q

What is the personal compass of right and wrong?

A

Morality

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11
Q

True or False: It does not mean a belief is popular, it is right. It should be based on a reason. (Based on Its validity rests on reason, not on popularity)

A

True

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12
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True or False: Your enemy does have a lesser value of life that those you love. (Based on impartial considerations)

A

False

Because your enemy does NOT have a lesser value of life than those you love.

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13
Q

What is the component of Moral Act that allows us to create the right decisions?

A

Reasons

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14
Q

What is the component of moral act that make you feel good and bad about things?

A

Feelings

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15
Q

It allows us to create decisions that are humane.

A

Feelings

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16
Q

True or False: Feelings seek immediate fulfillment and it is our reason that tempers these compulsions.

A

True

17
Q

True or False: Reason can be sometimes be blinded in implementing and following its own strict rules that it becomes incapable of empathy for the other.

A

True

18
Q

Who is the main character in the story “Les Miserables”?

A

Jean Valjean

19
Q

True or False: The Moral Agent themself is the second victim of a bad decision or a wrong action.

A

False

It should be the first victim

20
Q

It is Personal, things that we find to be important or valuable.

A

Values

21
Q

It is a theoretical approach to solve practical questions

A

Normative ethics

22
Q

Happiness and well being of a personal or group

A

Welfare

23
Q

It is able to be shown to be right or reasonable

A

Justifiable

24
Q

Savagely cruel

A

Barbaric

25
Q

A situation of choosing between two or more desires, internally

A

Dilemma

26
Q

What is the moral principles that govern a person’s behavior or the changing of an activity?

A

Ethics

27
Q

What is the principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behavior?

A

Morality

28
Q

The ability to understand something instinctively, without the need for conscious reasoning

A

Intuition

29
Q

What is the tendency to see the present as good as, and the past as atrocious?

A

Moral blindness

30
Q

Behaviours that are not taught but born with

A

Innate

31
Q

A moral rule or belief that helps you know what is right and wrong and that influences your actions.

A

Principles

32
Q

It is the state of things as they actually exist, rather than as they may appear or might be imagined

A

Reality