Module 1: What is ethics
The traditional sources of moral education such as religion, parents, and culture fail to meet the standard of academic ethics because:
1. Academic ethics requires you to understand that mere appeal to authority is not substantial enough justification of belief 2. Academic ethics requires you to closely inspect your beliefs and seek objective justification of them
Hedonism is problematic because:
1. it fails to acknowledge that there are bad pleasures 2.it does not acknowledge that we want to do more then merely feel good 3.it doesn't discriminate between kinds of good, like physical pleasure from drugs or alcohol, or pleasure from accomplishment
Ethics as an activity involves deliberation about:
1. rights 2. duties 3. obligations 4. good lives
The story of Thales tells us:
1. the world is a rational and orderly place 2. we can be rational and orderly beings 3. If we are rational and orderly beings, we can understand, anticipate, and possibly influence the world
Hedonism is a primitive ethical theory that claims:
The sole good in life is to seek pleasure and avoid pain
In philosophy, reason refers to:
a. the ability to look at things objectively b. the ability to look at things without emotional bias
Ethics is a list about what is permissible and what is not.
false
Morality is the branch of ethics that is concerned with determining where values do and should come from.
false
The basis of reality in academic ethics is authority.
false
Ethical systems are models for decision making.
true
Ethics has in common with other areas of philosophy the idea that through rational, orderly thought we can discover core features of the world.
true
Ethics is an ongoing, deliberative activity.
true
The basis of morality in academic ethics is reason.
true
The story of Thales illustrates that unless we are objective, we will never be able to discover the truth about ethics.
true
all ethical theories try to answer two questions; 1.) what is the good life, and 2.) what we ought to do?
true
one of the reasons Hedonism fails as an ethical theory is because it doesnt account for the existence of bad pleasures
true
