MIDTERM 03 - Reasons and Impartiality

Question 1

Is the ability of the mind to think, understand, and form judgments by a process of logic

Answer 1

Reason

Question 2

Is associated with thinking, cognition, and intellect

Answer 2

Reason

Question 3

A person is called __________ or __________ when his beliefs and actions conform to the dictates of those principles, or when he is subjectively guided by them

Answer 3

Rational, Reasonable

Question 4

Is a matter of weighing reasons and being guided by them

Answer 4

Moral deliberation

Question 5

__________ in ethics entails being justified by good reasons

Answer 5

Truth

Question 6

Is a principle of justice holding that all decisions should be based on objective criteria, rather than on the basis of bias, self-interest or prejudice

Answer 6

Impartiality/Fair-mindedness/Evenhandedness

Question 7

Is the capability for logical thought with the ability to reason towards sound conclusions based on facts and evidence

Answer 7

Reason

Question 8

__________ is the effort to guide one’s conduct by reason

Answer 8

Morality

Question 9

A human act considered in itself as a deed performed as stands in relation to the norm of morality as materially good or evil

Answer 9

Material

Question 10

A human act considered as conditioned by the agent’s understanding and will that stands in relation to the norm of morality as formally good or evil

Answer 10

Formal

Question 11

When the human act, as a deed performed, stands by reason of its very nature in relation to the norm of morality as good or evil (Divisions of morality)

Answer 11

Intrinsic

Question 12

When the stand or relation of an act to the norm of morality is determined, not by the nature of the act itself, but by the prescription of positive law (Divisions of morality)

Answer 12

Extrinsic

Question 13

Refers to the human act performed and the deed alone (Determinants of morality)

Answer 13

Object

Question 14

Refers to the mean that which the agent intends or wishes to achieve by his act (Determinants of morality)

Answer 14

End of the agent

Question 15

Refers to conditions modifying human actions, either by increasing or by diminishing the moral responsibility attending them (Determinants of morality)

Answer 15

Circumstances

Question 16

Good act + Good intention = __________

Answer 16

Doubly good act

Question 17

Bad action + Bad intention = __________

Answer 17

Doubly bad act

Question 18

Good act + Bad intention = __________

Answer 18

Bad act

Question 19

Bad action + Good intention = __________

Answer 19

Bad act

Question 20

Neutral action + Good intention = ___________

Answer 20

Good act

Question 21

Neutral action + Bad intention = __________

Answer 21

Bad act

Question 22

Refers to the person/subject who does or receives the action (7 circumstances that affects morality)

Answer 22

Who

Question 23

Refers to the place/setting of an action (7 circumstances that affects morality)

Answer 23

Where

Question 24

Refers to the object/effect of an act (7 circumstances that affects morality)

Answer 24

What

Question 25

Refers to the intention/motive that moves the person to an act (7 circumstances that affects morality)

Answer 25

Why

Question 26

Refers to the time of the action performed (7 circumstances that affects morality)

Answer 26

When

Question 27

Refers to the different conditions/modalities such as consent, violence, fear, ignorance, or voluntariness (7 circumstances that affects morality)

Answer 27

How

Question 28

Refers to the ways/method/process of an act (7 circumstances that affects morality)

Answer 28

By what means

Question 29

A human act, in order to be morally good, must be perfect according to the three elements: __________, __________, and __________ (OIC)

Answer 29

Obect, Intention, Circumstances