Official lecture 2

Question 1

what is Ethics—

Answer 1

“…about the good (that is, what values and virtues we should cultivate) and about the right (that is, what our moral duties may be”

Question 2

what is Morality—

Answer 2

reflection on the good and evil of human acts and the person who performs them

Question 3

what is Normatively—

Answer 3

concern for what people ought to value and what they ought to do

Question 4

what is Practical reason—

Answer 4

human capacity to resolve through reflection and deliberation the question of what to do

Question 5

what are the Normative Ethical Theories

Answer 5

Teleological— 
Virtue—
Consequentialist—
Utilitarianism—
egoism—
welfarism— 
Deontological— 
Divine command— 
Natural law—

Question 6

what is Teleological

Answer 6

oriented toward a “good” end

Question 7

what is virtue

Answer 7

moral character

Question 8

what is Consequentialist

Answer 8

the morality of an action is contingent on its outcome or result

Question 9

what is Utilitarianism

Answer 9

best actions result in most happiness for greatest number of people

Question 10

what is egoism

Answer 10

self-interest

Question 11

what is welfarism

Answer 11

best actions increase economic well-being

Question 12

what is Deontological

Answer 12

moral decision-making is based on duties and obligations toward rights and entitlements of others; “the right” is prior to “the good”

Question 13

what is Divine command

Answer 13

moral goodness is related to wether God commands an action

Question 14

what is Natural law

Answer 14

aptitude for virtuous action that is derived from rational nature

Question 15

what was goldman’s paper

Answer 15

“Plain Sex”

Question 16

what does goldman’s argue

Answer 16

argues that sex is JUST sex, we are over doing the meaning of it by adding emotion and goals

Question 17

what did Zuckerman and Manning write

Answer 17

Sex and Religion

Question 18

what did Zuckerman and Manning write about

Answer 18

union of sex and religion (e.g. Kamasutra)
Conflict between sex and religion (e.g., concupiscence)
even most restrictive religions find some positive function in sex

Question 19

what is Sex positive

Answer 19

in terms of religion: “sensual, erotic activity involving the consensual pursuit and/or activity of gratifying bodily pleasure is understood as natural and acceptable, even holy”

Question 20

what is Sex Negative

Answer 20

in terms of religion: “sensual, erotic activity involving the consensual pursuit and/or activity of gratifying bodily pleasure is understood as unnatural and unacceptable, even unholy”