issue, decision, judgement and dilemma

Question 1

refer to particular situations that are often the source of considerable and inconclusive debate.

Answer 1

issue

Question 2

when one placed in a situation confronted by choice.

Answer 2

moral decision

Question 3

observer, makes an assessment on the action

Answer 3

moral judgment

Question 4

confronted w/ two issues or choices, going beyond the matter of choosing right over wrong.

Answer 4

moral dilemma

Question 5

rationally established grounds by w/c one justifies and maintains her moral decisions and judgment.

Answer 5

principle

Question 6

systematic attempt to establish the validity of maintaining certain moral principles.

Answer 6

moral theory

Question 7

theory of interconnected ideas

Answer 7

framework

Question 8

refers to the different rules and regulations that are posited or put forward by an authority figure that require compliance.

Answer 8

positive law

Question 9

expreses a claim that many people of a religious sensibility find appealing and immediately valid:

Answer 9

Divine command theory

Question 10

what is ethically acceptable or unacceptable is relative to, or that is to say, dependent on one’s culture.

Answer 10

cultural relativism

Question 11

the individual thinking person (the subject) is at the heart of all moral valuations.

Answer 11

subjectivism

Question 12

a theory that describes the underlying dynamic behind all human actions

Answer 12

psychological egoism