Overview section 1.1

Question 1

What is the clear difference between Ethics and Ethical Theory?

Answer 1

Ethics means that it is simply is the branchof philosophy that focuses on working out what is necessarily ‘good’ and ‘bad’ and how exactly to make moral descions.

Ethical Theory is an approch, to working out what ‘right’/’wrong’ is

Question 2

What is Absoloutisim?

Answer 2

Absoloutisim is the view that what is necessarily right and/or wrong, is unchanging for everyone, everywhere and for all time.

Question 3

What is Relativisim?

Answer 3

The view that what is necessarily ‘right’ and/or ‘wrong’ depends on culture, situation or individual beliefs

Question 4

What are Deontological Ethical Theories?

Answer 4

Deontological Ethical Theories is a method of approching to make moral decisions that are fixed upon a base/root set of laws or rules that must be followed; and cannot be bent under any circumstances, regardless of the resulting outcome.

Question 5

What are Teleogocial Ethical Theories?

Answer 5

Teleogical Ethical Theories are a methid of approching to making a moral decision, which is based upon the final result or outcome.

Question 6

What is Utilitarianism?

Answer 6

Utilitarianism is a theory of morality, which supports actions that foster happiness and oppose actions that cause unhappiness.

Question 7

Is Utilitarianism a Deontological or Teoleogocial Ethical Theory?

Answer 7

Teoleogocial Ethical Theory

Question 8

Which great (english) philosopher created the theory of Utilitarianism?

Answer 8

Jeremy Bentham

Question 9

What does PREDICT stand for?

Answer 9

P - Purity
R - Remoteness
E - Extent
D - Duration
I - Intensity
C - Certainity
T - To be followed by...

Question 10

According to Jeremy Bentham what does good and evil equal?

Answer 10

Good = Happiness
Evil = Pain