Week 1 Ch 1&2 Flashcards
What is Ethics?
paying attention to something beyond ourselves
Ethics focuses on what generation?
7 generation (not just for the generation now, but for the generations to come)
What is it to take care?
1) look into, or investigate something
2) being conscious about something
3) sustain or further something
What is flying by instinct?
Is when you decide to not think about anything at all to avoid feelings. “You go with the flow”.
What is off-hand justification?
Thinking as little as possible. Being ignorant of what someone says because you are closed minded.
What is the thought of everyone being selfish?
When someone thinks that peoples’s reactions and doings are always through a selfish way of thinking
What is dogmatism?
When someone is so committed to their own ethical beliefs they refuse to listen or consider other ideas.
What is relativism?
The thought of everyone’s opinions are as good as the next
Who wrote “Am I Blue”?
Alice Walker
Who wrote the hunt?
Ted Kerasote
What is egoism?
Egoism is when you are only concerned with yourself in every action that you take
Who wrote “Is food the new sex”?
Mary Eberstadt
Who wrote “Food and Sex Reconsidered”?
Maggie Castor
