(P) Part II: The Act

Question 1

seen as necessary in ethical judgement as
they are even deemed by some as instinctive and trained responses to moral dilemmas

Answer 1

Feelings

Question 2

can be rational in being biased at least
sometimes on good judgements about how well a circumstance or gent accomplishes appropriate objectives

Answer 2

Emotions

Question 3

are visceral or instinctual by providing
motivations to act morally

Answer 3

Feelings

Question 4

not about what things are
good and what things are bad; does not tell how we should live or what moral norms we should practice; a theory about the nature of moral judgments

Answer 4

Ethical subjectivism

Question 5

States that moral judgments simply describe our personal feelings; Submits that our moral opinions are based on our feelings, and nothing more

Answer 5

Ethical subjectivism

Question 6

These people hold that that there is no such thing as objective right or real wrong; the mere fact that we like something would make it good

Answer 6

Subjectivists

Question 7

A theory developed by the American
philosopher Charles L. Stevenson and has been
the most influential theories of ethics in the 20th century

Answer 7

Emotivism

Question 8

the most popular form of
non-cognitivism, the meta-ethical theory that
claims that ethical sentences do not convey
authentic proportions

Answer 8

Emotivism

Question 9

Based on emotivism, these are the most popular form of non-cognitivism, the meta-ethical theory that claims that ethical sentences do not convey authentic proportions

Answer 9

Ethical emotivism

Question 10

claims that any legitimate truth claim must be empirically verifiable: since moral judgements cannot be tested by sense experience, they cannot be authentic truth claims but can be only express feelings

Answer 10

Logical positivism

Question 11

is the basis or motive for an
action, decision, or conviction

Answer 11

Reason

Question 12

the capacity for logical,
rational, and analytical thought;

Answer 12

Reason

Question 13

matter of weighing reasons
and being guided by them

Answer 13

Moral deliberation

Question 14

involves the idea that each individual’s interests and point of view are equally important

Answer 14

Impartiality

Question 15

a principle of justice holding that
decisions ought to be based on objective criteria, rather than on the basis of bias, prejudice, or preferring the benefit to one person over another for improper reasons

Answer 15

Impartiality

Question 16

Who proposed the 7-Step Moral Reasoning Method?

Answer 16

Scott B. Rae, Ph.D

Question 17

A model introduces the use of reason and
impartiality in deciding on moral matters.

Answer 17

The 7-Step Moral Reasoning Method