Prelim | Moral Standards

Question 1

CHARACTERISTICS OF MORAL STANDARDS

Answer 1

1. Deal with matter we think can seriously injure or benefit humans, animals and the environment
2. Not established or change by the decisions of authoritative individuals or bodies.
3. Overriding that is they take precedence over other standards and considerations especially of self-interest.
4. Based on impartial considerations
5. Associated with special emotions and vocabulary

Question 2

They deal with situations, conditions and behaviors we think can seriously injure or significantly benefit the well-being and the good of human beings, animals and the environment. Some examples are fraud, theft, murder, assault, rape, slander, etc…

Answer 2

Deal with matter we think can seriously injure or benefit humans, animals and the environment

Question 3

The validity of these moral standards lies on the adequacy of the reasons that are taken to support and justify them.

Answer 3

Not established or change by the decisions of authoritative individuals or bodies.

Question 4

They should be preferred to other values including self-interest. If a person has a moral obligation to do something, then the person oughtto do that even if this conflicts with other non-moral values or self-interest

Answer 4

Overriding that is they take precedence over other standards and considerations especially of self-interest.

Question 5

Moral standards do not evaluate on the basis of the interest of one particular individual or group but one that goes beyond personal interests to a universal standpoint in which everyone’s interest is objectively counted as equal.

Answer 5

Based on impartial considerations

Question 6

The feeling of guilt, shame and remorse arise as an individual acts contrary to certain moral standards.

Answer 6

Associated with special emotions and vocabulary.

Question 7

Emotions such as (1a,1b), and vocabulary such as (2a,2b) revolve around moral standards.

Answer 7

1. guilt & shame
2. right and wrong & good and bad

Question 8

Other term for non-moral standards

Answer 8

Conventional standards

Question 9

Standards by which we judge what is good or bad and right or wrong in a non-moral way.

Answer 9

Non-Moral or Conventional Standards

Question 10

True or False: Non-Moral Standards are a matter of taste and preference

Answer 10

True

Question 11

Standards where we have no right to impose on others.

Answer 11

Non-Moral Standards

Question 12

Standards where we force others to act accordingly

Answer 12

Moral standards

Question 13

It means not influenced by right and wrong.

Answer 13

Amoral

Question 14

A person who does not have a conscience to act against in the first place

Answer 14

Amoral person

Question 15

A person who has a sense of right and wrong but fails to live up to those moral standards

Answer 15

Immoral person

Question 16

A person who has no sense of right and wrong and does not recognize any moral standard.

Answer 16

Amoral person

Question 17

It refers to something to which right and wrong are not applicable, such as animals, forces of nature, and machines

Answer 17

Unmoral

Question 18

True or false: Moral norms only have one form in general

Answer 18

False. Moral norms have different forms.

Question 19

Metaphors for Moral Standards

Answer 19

Carpenter’s Square
Moral Road Signs
A Model for an Art Class
An Architect’s Blueprint for a Building

Question 20

Moral norms are used to measure human freedom and construct morally good character and right actions. Moral norms are standards or criteria for judging and acting. Its purpose is first, to provide moral standards, criteria, or measures for judging; and second is to guide one’s conscience in making moral judgments.

Answer 20

Moral Standards as Carpenter’s Square

Question 21

— are guides to being and doing; theyare indications or directions to types of actions that are right or wrong, obligatory or permitted. Its purpose is to preserve and protect moralgoods and values by guiding us; and to focus our attention on what is morally important.

Answer 21

Moral Standards as Moral Road signs

Question 22

Moral norms are ideals indicating who we ‘ought’ to become and what we ought to do. They are models and patterns for how to do so. Hence, the purposes of moral norms are toprovide models to help us concretize our values and realize our ideals, and to prioritize our values and help us to fit them with our circumstances.

Answer 22

Moral Standards as A Model for an Art Class

Question 23

Moral norms are a set of instructions and expectations for the moral life. Their purposes are: to teach moral wisdom of a community and serve as moral reminders of communal wisdom; and, to set moral expectation that shape how we see and act.

Answer 23

Moral Standards as An Architect’s Blueprint for a Building