L1 (Ethics): Ethics vs Morality Flashcards

1
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These deals with rightness and wrongness.

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Ethics and Morality

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Universal or normative, prescriptive, and impersonal approach on rightness and wrongness.

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Ethics

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3
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Own personal take on what is right and wrong.

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Morality

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4
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Pioneer of Western Philosophy

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Socrates

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5
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What does ‘we are all persons of reasons’ mean?

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We are rational individuals capable of thinking and deliberating.

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6
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Which philosopher believed that we are all rational individuals that always do good?

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Socrates

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7
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Which philosopher believed that bad actions aren’t intentional?

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Socrates

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8
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Which philosopher believed ignorance leads us to do bad things?

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Socrates

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9
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Which philosopher believed that we are not to be blamed for our bad actions?

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Socrates

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10
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Which philosopher believed that there are intentional bad actions?

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Aristotle

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11
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Which philosopher believed that reason allows us to will the good but sometimes our will is weak?

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Aristotle

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12
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Weakness of the will

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Akrasia

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13
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Which philosopher said that, “Human acts are moral acts”?

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St. Thomas Aquinas

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14
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Acts unique to human beings

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Human Acts

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15
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Capacities humans share with animals

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Acts of Man

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16
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______ drives or motivates our actions.

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Care

17
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Our value over things remain the same. True or False?

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False, what we care about changes.