UNIT 1: SITUATION ETHICS

Question 1

claims that morality of actions depends on the situation and not on the application of any law or principle of morality

Answer 1

situation ethics

Question 2

provides consideration in making moral judgment of others who may sometimes fail to do what is right

Answer 2

situation ethics in the workplace

Question 3

problems in situation ethics

Answer 3

• what a person honestly thinks and feels right in a particular case is presumed to be right without qualification
• what I think is right may not be true to you

Question 4

two types of duties

Answer 4

• prima facie duties
• duty to prosper

Question 5

morally significant circumstances in a given situation

Answer 5

prima facie duties

Question 6

division of prima facie duties

Answer 6

• fidelity
• reparation
• gratitude
• justice
• beneficence
• self-improvement
• non-malevolence

Question 7

duty of fulfilling promises and contract and agreement

Answer 7

fidelity

Question 8

duty of paying compensation for harming or wrongfully
injuring others

Answer 8

reparation

Question 9

duty to reward others for their services or for their good deeds
to us

Answer 9

gratitude

Question 10

duty to distribute benefits and burdens fairly

Answer 10

justice

Question 11

duty to love and to care for our neighbors, to help strangers
in distress and to benefit others from our expertise and knowledge

Answer 11

beneficence

Question 12

duty to educate ourselves in respect of virtue and
intelligence

Answer 12

self-improvement

Question 13

duty not to injure others

Answer 13

non-malevolence

Question 14

actual duty after his assessment of circumstances and finally thinking it more of a duty in a particular situation

Answer 14

duty to prosper