Week 1- Ethics and Philosopical Inquiry

Question 1

the study of general and fundamental problems concerning matters such as existence, knowledge, values, and reason.

It provides the principles that develop skills for critical thinking to better understand and evaluate the world.

Answer 1

philosophy

Question 2

study of existence

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metaphysics

Question 3

study of knowledge

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epistemology

Question 4

study of action

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ethics

Question 5

study of force.

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politics

Question 6

study of art

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aesthetics

Question 7

branch of philosophy that involves systematizing, describing, and recommending concepts of right and wrong.

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ethics

Question 8

Attempts to determining the meaning of terms such as right, good, virtue, justice, etc.

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metaethics

Question 9

Study of ethical actions and questions the standards of what is morally good or bad.

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normative ethics

Question 10

Complementing systems that believe there’s no morality without religion

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ethics of religion

Question 11

Moral judgments are subjective and that there are no objective moral truths.

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subjectivism

Question 12

Suggests that moral terms are complex matters and can be established through scientific investigation.

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naturalism

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Human knowledge of what is good and bad is immediate and self-evident

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intuitionism

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Maintains that moral judgment can be true or false and can be a subject of knowledge or cognition.

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cognitivism

Question 15

Moral worth of an action is determined by its potential consequences.

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consequentialism

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Study of rightness or wrongness of the action themselves regardless of their consequences.

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deontology

Question 17

Study of the person’s character and the virtues for determining or evaluating ethical behavior

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virtue

Question 18

Is a method geared towards arriving at a clear meaning of common human issues in everyday life.

The aim of philosophical inquiry is to question truth, reason, reality, knowledge, ethics, and morality.

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philosophical inquiry

Question 19

Is the science of and art of correct thinking. It uses methods to achieve accuracy and objectivity in explaining what is a valid logical argument.

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logic

Question 20

assumption that something is true

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premise

Question 21

claim that has been reach through the process of reasoning and is justified by preceding premises.

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conclusion

Question 22

Is the study of nature of things, of what is real and apparent.

It explores the nature of existence, identity, home, space, and others.

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metaphysics

Question 23

Is an empirical way of acquiring evidence and knowledge

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the scientific method