Sources of Authority Flashcards

1
Q

True or False: Does Various institutions have a strong influence in the way we think and act, including we make moral valuations.

A

True

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2
Q

______ guides us to do ethical behavior.

A

Law

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3
Q

It is localized to the barangay or
village level, where local or

A

Law

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4
Q

Refers to all different rules that are
posited or put forward by authority
figure which require one’s
compliance.

A

Positive Law

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5
Q

It has no moral purpose other than
to ensure the survival of the state.

A

Positive Law

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6
Q

The 2 flaws of the “law”

A
  1. One, we should obey the law.
  2. The prohibitive nature of law.
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7
Q

“The law cannot tell us what to pursue,
only what to _______”

A

Avoid

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8
Q

Further, taking _______ to be the basis
of ethics has the advantage of providing
us with not only a set of commands but
also a “Supreme Authority” that can
inspire and compel our obedience in a
way nothing else can.

A

Religion

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9
Q

It is a philosophical tbeory that suggests
that morality and ethical behavior are
derived from the command of _________.

A

God or Gods

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10
Q

_______ is a wide diversity in how different
people believe it is proper to act.

A

Culture

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11
Q

True or False: We are in no position to render
any kind of judgement on the
practices of another culture

A

True

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12
Q

True or False: is the argument of cultural relativism is not premised on the reality of difference.

A

False

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13
Q

True or False: We are in position to
render judgement on the
practices of even our own
culture.

A

False

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14
Q

True or False: Culture helps us maintain it only
by following the presumption of
culture as a single, clearly defined
substance or as something fixed and
already determined

A

True

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15
Q

“ What am I supposed to
take as my culture?
A. Negative Side - Positive Side
Can be a problem to ethics because it
deprives us from using our critical
thoughts.
B. Positive Side - It helps us promote our sense of humility for us not to imagine our culture is
superior to another

A

balancing between recognizing the value of our own culture and being open to learning from others, without letting one hinder critical thought or ethical growth

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