Quiz Four- "The Nature of Ethical Disagreement" by Charles L. Stevenson

Mayor: Improving our parks will make our city more attractive to new residents. Citizen: What is the point of having parks in nobody wants to live here because our schools are struggling? I think we should focus on improving our schools.

Difference in attitude

Person 1: We should go to Blue Ocean for lunch. Person 2: No we shouldn't. I don't care for sushi.

Difference in attitude

Person 1: We should have more fish for dinner because fish is good for your health. Person 2: I think we should avoid fish because it contains high levels of mercury and other toxins.

Disagreement in belief

Person 1: We should reduce our carbon footprint if we want to slow the growth of global climate change. Person 2: All kinds of things effect the climate so I don't think anything humans do makes any difference.

Disagreement in belief

According to the author, given time, science will resolve all ethical disputes.

False

In ethical debates people never use emotional appeals.

False

According to the author, an ethical argument can involve both disagreement in attitudes and disagreement in beliefs

True

Changes in our beliefs can change our attitudes.

True

Disagreement in attitude can determine what beliefs are considered relevant to a moral argument

True

In a disagreement of ____1________, the positions held by both parties cannot be true.

belief