the good Flashcards
1
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what are the three types of moral philosophy
A
descriptive ethics
normative ethics
meta- ethics
2
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what are descriptive ethics?
A
a description and explanation of our moral customs, norms and values
3
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what are normative ethics and deontic normativity?
A
the study of obligation and permission
has three traditional theories
consequentialism
deontology and virtue ethics
4
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what are meta ethics?
A
ethics that reflect upon the status of our moral judgements
5
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what is the moralisation of our life world
A
the moralising of amoral actions - actions become subject to moral investigation eg travelling by airplane, eating meat
6
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what is the morality of fairness monkey experiment
A
an experiment where humans could reject unfair splits of money, and where monkeys would not do the same
