OBJECTIVITY OF MORAL JUDGEMENTS

Question 1

In what sense are moral judgments objective?

Answer 1

1. It is usually agreed that the validity of the moral judgments of any individual is independent of his own feelings
2. Opinions and must be ascertained by some more objective standard.

Question 2

But what determines the standard?
Is it simply the moral consciousness of the society in which he lives

Answer 2

moral judgments are objective so far as individuals are concerned but that they are not objective when the attempt is made to compare the moral judgments of one age and clime with those of another.

Question 3

Henry Sidgwick thought that he could discover three axioms of the good:

Answer 3

1. justice
   2 prudence
   3 benevolence

Question 4

impartiality between one’s self and other persons, treating similar cases similarly;

Answer 4

JUSTICE

Question 5

impartial concern for all parts of one’s
life, not preferring a present lesser good to a greater future good

Answer 5

PRUDENCE

Question 6

preference for the greater good of another to one’s own lesser good

Answer 6

BENEVOLENCE

Question 7

In what sense Henry Sidgwick axioms of good quantifiable?

Answer 7

• The more good it is, the more it is desirable

Question 8

What is the objective basis of morality or
is determined by Moral consciousness of the ethics?

Answer 8

1. The line of ethical development that proceeds from age to age
2. The comparatively permanent native
   inheritance of mankind -
   • the instincts
   • the relatively enduring type of social (we have every reason to hope prove it will be)
   • the citizenship

Question 9

Moral judgements are deducible only from _______________

Answer 9

quantitative good

Question 10

The relative strength of instincts differs in individuals, and results in various types of

Answer 10

PERSONALITY

Question 11

Love, friendship, and beauty can be stated as

Answer 11

PRIORI

Question 12

What makes virtues instrumental?

Answer 12

They can promote and increase love, friendship, and beauty

Question 13

morality is a core to act well that every moral theory should accept, at least as a starting point.

Answer 13

MINIMUM CONCEPTION

Question 14

Why is it impossible to deduce a priori moral judgments universally from moral intuitions?

Answer 14

These notions are formal, and the content to be attached to them in moral judgments are synthetic

Question 15

How is the content of the good decided?

Answer 15

Careful reflection and application of the test

Question 16

A device used to identify the good with utility and measure it quantitatively

Answer 16

UTILITARIAN TEST

Question 17

As a formal device to determine the rightness of acts a prior

Answer 17

Kantian Categorical Imperative

Question 18

To coordinate the instinctive tendencies of the human person to be regardful of intellectual values

Answer 18

SOCIAL CONTROL

Question 19

Moral intuitions such as “good,” “right,” “better,” “ought,” are

Answer 19

A PRIORI

Question 20

Ought to will what we might rationally desire to become universal practice

Answer 20

KANTIAN TEST

Question 21

Love, friendship, and beauty are examples of

Answer 21

INTRINSIC GOODS

Question 22

The content of good can be decided in any age by reflective application of such test as the

Answer 22

UTILITARIAN AND KANTIAN

Question 23

Love, friendship, and beauty are examples of

Answer 23

INTRINSIC GOODS