PoM Week 1

Question 1

Type of egoism that is a description of how our minds actually work

Answer 1

Psychological egoism

Question 2

Type of egoism that is a prescriptive account of how we should act

Answer 2

Ethical egoism

Question 3

Lincoln: “that was the very essence of (1.)__, I should have had no peace of mind all day had I gone on and left that suffering old (2.)__ worrying over those (3.)__. I did it to get (4.)__ don’t you see?”

Answer 3

1. selfishness
2. sow
3. pigs
4. peace of mind

Question 4

Adam Smith: “it is not from the (1.)__ of the (2.)__, the brewer nor the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own (3.)__”

Answer 4

1. benevolence
2. butcher
3. interest

Question 5

The doctrine that knowledge, truth, and morality exist in relation to culture, society, or historical context, and are not absolute

Answer 5

Relativism

Question 6

The doctrine that the morality of an action is to be judged solely by its consequences

Answer 6

Consequentialism

Question 7

Consequentialists are only concerned with __ values, e.g. honesty or justice

Answer 7

Neutral