Week 2
we should always treat persons
Kant's principle of respect says that
T
From the fact that cultures have divergent moral beliefs on an issue, it does not logically follow that there is no objective moral truth.
T
Nonmaleficence is the bedrock precept of codes of conduct for health care professionals.
Each person is to have an equal right to the most extensive total system of equal basic liberties compatible with a similar system of liberty for all, social and economic inequalities are to be arranged so that they are both to the greatest benefit of the least advantaged and attached to offices and positions open to all under conditions of fair equality of opportunity
Rawls's equal liberty principle
classic utilitarianism depends heavily on a strong sense of impartiality. T/F
T
kant's categorical imperatives are absolutist. T/F
T
straw man fallacy
The misrepresentation of a person's views so they can be more easily attacked or dismissed is known as
paternalism
The overriding of a person's actions or decision-making for his or her own good is known as
Normative dominance
a key feature of moral norms is
F
all religious people accept the divine command theory. T/F
the use of moral norms and concepts to resolve practical moral issues
applied ethics
T
cultural relativism implies that we cannot legitimately criticize other cultures.
F
cultural relativism logically entails tolerance for other cultures
Our considered moral judgments
data that a moral theory is suppose to explain are
F
equals should be treated equally is a basic precept of the principle of autonomy T/F
morality using the tools and method of philosophy
ethics is the study of ____
the heart of the moral life is feeling for and caring for those with whom you have a special, intimate connection
ethics of care
find the conclusion
in assessing an argument, the first order of business is to ____
consequentialist moral theories
insist that the rightness of actions depends solely on their consequences or results
reason, reflection, categorical imperative
kant says that through ____ and ____, we can derive our duties from the ________
knowing and doing what's right, moral principles or directives
main concern of virtue ethics, their chief guide to these aims is _____ or _______
Prima facie
moral principle that applies in all cases unless an exception is warranted is ____
F
moral theories are not relevant to our moral life. T/F
Problematic
moral theory that is inconsistent with the facts of the moral life is
doctrine of double effect
natural law tradition resolves dilemmas through ______
severe
principle of respect for autononmy places ____ restraints on what can be done to n autonomous person
the idea that the rightness of actions depends solely on the relative good produced by individual actions
rule-utilitarianism
natural law theory
the view that right actions are those that conform to moral standards discerned in nature through human reason
act-utilitariansim
the view that the rightness of actions depends solely on the relative good produced by individual actions
All of nature, including humankind, is teleological
underlying natural law theory is the belief that
Moral theory
why an action is right or wrong or why a person or a person's character is good or bad