Ethics Unit 4 Review (Fall 2020)

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Which branch of philosophy inquires into the nature of unseen reality with questions such as, “What is time?” or “Does an unseen spiritual realm surround us?”

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Metaphysics

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Epistemology is concerned with the study of:

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How we come to understand information as "true knowledge".

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If you evaluate how the Categorical Imperative applies to the decision to buy an SUV, you are doing _ Ethics.

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Applied

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Deontology, Virtue Ethics, and Consequentialism are all abstract theories that provide specific definitions of right and wrong. What aspect of ethics would they fit under?

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Normative Ethics

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Metaethics

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Does not define right and wrong but instead asks, "What is morality to begin with?"

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_ is the father of Deontology (write their last name only).

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Kant

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Choose the central factor that a deontologist would use as a guide for a moral decision: Authority, Duty, Consequence, Personal Feelings.

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Duty

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What does deontology consider to be the basis of all knowledge about what is right?

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Pure practical reason

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What deontological thought experiment asks: Would I want this action to become a universal law? Does this action treat people as rational ends?

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The Categorical Imperative

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Which statement below best describes deontological ethics? Options: “I didn’t study for my final, but it’s not OK for everyone to cheat; therefore, I will not cheat.”, “I didn’t study for my final. I’d cheat, but I don’t want to get caught and fail, so I won’t.”, “I didn’t study for the final, so I am going to cheat.”, “I didn’t study for the final. I could cheat, but that is dishonest, and I want my teacher to like me.”

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“I didn’t study for my final, but it’s not OK for everyone to cheat; therefore, I will not cheat.”