PHI 112-Test 3, Part 2-Virtue

Question 1

Pluralistic (Complementarity) Ethics - definition

Answer 1

Blend of both action-based and virtue-based ethic

Question 2

Natural Law Theory

Answer 2

through rational intuitions embedded in human nature by God, we discover eternal and absolute moral principles

Question 3

Virtue theory

Answer 3

View that morality involves producing excellent persons who act well out of spontaneous goodness and serve as examples to inspire others

Question 4

Virtue

Answer 4

Trained behavioral dispositions that result in habitual acts of moral goodness

Question 5

Cardinal virtues

Answer 5

Wisdom, temperance, courage, and justice

Question 6

Theological virtues

Answer 6

Faith, hope, and charity (love)

Question 7

Action-based ethics criticism:1.: Motivation

Answer 7

Uninspiring and negative; Most of the commandments are negative - “Thou shall not ____!”

Question 8

Action-based ethics criticism:5.: Autonomy over Community

Answer 8

It is in communities that such virtues as loyalty, natural affection, spontaneous sympathy, and shared concerns arise and sustain the group.

Question 9

Action-based ethics criticism:5.: Autonomy over Community

Answer 9

It is in communities that such virtues as loyalty, natural affection, spontaneous sympathy, and shared concerns arise and sustain the group.

Question 10

An important difference between Pluralistic (complementarity) ethics versus action-based ethics

Answer 10

Pluralistic (complementarity) ethics says it is better to desire to do the right thing and carry it out, than to do the right thing, yet have mixed emotions (action-based ethics).