Unit 2: Determinants of Morality

Question 1

The 3 determinants of morality

Answer 1

• The act itself
• Intention
• Circumstances

Question 2

Determinant of Morality

What the free will chooses to do or chooses not to do

Answer 2

The act itself

Question 3

Determinant of Morality

The purpose for which the act is willed

Answer 3

Intention

Question 4

Determinant of Morality

All the elements that surround a human action and affect its morality without belonging to its essence

Answer 4

Circumstances

Question 5

What is the role of emotions?

Answer 5

Survival: Fight or flight

Question 6

The 3 principles to consider in understanding emotions according to Charles Darwin

Answer 6

• Principle of Functional Habit
• Principle of Antagonistic-Thesis
• Principle of Involvement of the Enthused Nervous System

Question 7

Principles of Understanding Emotions

States that emotional responses are useful expressive habits based on experience

Answer 7

Principle of Functional Habits

Question 8

Principles of Understanding Emotions

Entails that the purpose of emotional responses is for communication clarity

Answer 8

Principle of Antagonistic-Thesis

Question 9

Principles of Understanding Emotions

Says that the nervous system needs to discharge excess energy

Answer 9

Principle of Involvement of the Enthused Nervous System

Question 10

The principle of detaching oneself from any form of bias and prejudice in order to come up with an objective criterion that is free from unfair and unequal treatment of one type of person to another

Answer 10

Impartiality