PHI 2604 final review

Which of these best describes the purpose of the book's discussion of ethics and religion?

To convince the reader to question everything about morality.

No thinking to deeply or to systematically about critical ethics.

Undermines your personal freedom

Which of these belongs to mateaethics.

What does it means for an action to be right?

An argument in the logical sense is a:

a group of statements, one of which is supposed to be supported by the rest

Name the form of the following argument: if the dog barks, something must be wrong . therefore, the dog will bark

affirming the consequences

Subjective Relativism is the doctrine that

an action is morally right if one approves of it

A statement is

assertion that something is or is not the case

Cognitivism is the view that moral statements

can be true or false

A strong inductive argument with true premises is said to be

cogent

In the argument "(1) Premarital sex is morally permissible because (2) it makes people happy", statement 1 is the

conclusion, premise

Which statement best summarizes why, according to the author, cultural relativism is nearly impossible to use?

each of us belongs to multiple societies or social groups, but cultural relativism does not specify which society or group we should use in evaluating actions.

Name the form of the following argument:if p, then q. if q, then r. therefore, if p, then r.

hypothetical syllogism

Name the form of the following argument: if p, them q.p therefore, q.

modus ponens

Noncognitivism is the view that

moral judgments are not statements that can be true or false

Both objectivists and cultural relativists agree that:

moral judgments differ from culture to culture

According to the main argument for cultural relativism, if culture X and culture Y disagree about the morality of physician-assisted suicide, this shows that

no view can objectively correct

A statement asserting that a states of affairs is actual true or false without assigning a moral value to it is

non-moral statement

According to emotivism, to offer reasons for a moral judgment is to:

provide statements that can influence someone's attitudes.

valid deductive argument with true premises is said to be

sound

deductive arguments are

supposed to give logically conclusive support to their conclusions

objectivist agree that the diversity of moral judgment across cultures does not necessarily indicate that there is disagreement about moral belief, but instead may indicate that

there are divergent non-moral belief.

Emotivist can admit that the serial killer Ted Bunded killed more than women but they can not say that this event

were,for a fact

what is the implicit premise in the following moral argument? same sex marriage is contrary to tradition. therefore it should never be allowed"

whatever is the contrary to tradition should not be allowed.

For a cultural relativist, when two people in the same culture disagree on a moral issue, what they are really disagreeing about is

whether their society endorses a particular view.

Objectivism is the view that:

some moral principles are valid for everyone

inductive argument are

supposed to offer probable support to its conclusion

for the emotivist, which of these best display the meaning of the moral utterance "lying is wrong" ?

"Lying - I hate it!"

the Utterance abortion is morally permissible" is

A moral statement

A moral statement is a

A statement affirming that an action is right or wrong or that a person (or one's motive or character) is good or bad

Applied ethics is the

Application of moral normas to specific moral issues or cases.

Which field concerns questions such as "was this abortion permisible?" Or "was this instance of mercy killing inmoral?"

Applied ethics

Why does Leibniz, the great philosopher, reject the dive theory?

Because it implies that God is unworthy of worship

Maryam says, "Abortion is always wrong." while Fatima says, "sometimes abortion is not wrong." which statement best summarizes how emotivist view this kind of disagreement?

Both are expressing different attitude, but neither of them say something that could be true or false.

Suppose that your culture endorses the view that all wars are wrong. It follows from cultural relativism that your culture

Can not be mistaken about the morality of war.

cultural relativism implies that the abolition of slavery in the United States

Can not be regarded as moral progress.

Cultural relativism may believe their theory promotes tolerant of others cultures. However the author argues against this. Which statement best summarized his argument?

Cultural relativist can not constantly say that tolerance is objectively good.

Which field or topic would include task such as as accurately describing the moral codes and ethical standards of colonial Americans.

Descriptive ethics

Which of the following is the overall point of the author's discussion of "doing ethics"

Doing ethics is difficult but no doing it is foolish

what does cultural relativism implies about the civil right leader and social reformer Martin Luther King Jr.. Considered as part of 1950s-1960s United States culture?

He was wrong about his moral reform

which feature of emotivism makes it different from subjective relativism?

In emotivism, we are not able to have disagreements in our moral belief.

Subjective relativism implies that each person states the moral beliefs that person is

Incapable of being in error

Which statement is a consequences of objectivity

Moral rules applies in all cases, without exception

Suppose a culture approves of beheading a young man for merely holding hands with a woman. According culture relativism the beheading is

Morally justify

What is a major difference between descriptive ethics and normative ethics?

Normative ethics implies that some people's moral beliefs are incorrect, whereas descriptive ethics does not.

Subjective Relativism implies that when Sofia says "I think abortion is wrong" and Emma replies "I think abortion is permissible. Sofia and Emma are

Not having a moral disagreement

Supposed I think that I sometimes makes mistakes of moral matters, and so does my culture. Acknowledging this, I say. "My moral beliefs are sometimes wrong and sometimes my cultures moral principles are wrong as well (on which view could my statement be true

Objectivism

the phrases "because", "given that." "due to the fact that." and for the reason that" are

Premise indactors

In an argument, the supporting statement are known as ________: the statement being supported is known as the

Premise, conclusion

What does normative ethics study

Principles, rules, or theories that guide our action and judgment.

Morality refers to beliefs about

Right and wrong, good and bad.

Our commonsense moral experiences suggest that

Some things are morally good and something are morally bad.

Believing that you can Standish all your moral beliefs by consulting your feelings is an example of.

Subjectivism

Central to emotivism is the view that moral judgments are not statement that can be true or false. what does emotivism add to this view?

That moral judgement express attitudes and influence others to share those attitudes.