03 The Act Flashcards
What is the two minimum requirement for morality?
Reason and Impartiality
They believe that ethics is also a matter of emotion.
Ethicists
It is said to be judgments about the accomplishments of one’s goal.
Feelings or emotions
What are the two (2) famous feeling theories in ethics?
Subjectivism and Emotivism
It is a theory about the nature of moral judgments.
Ethical Subjectivsm
Ethical Subjectivism states that moral judgments describe out personal feelings. True of False?
True
It is the most popular form of non-cognitivism, the meta-ethical theory that claims that ethical sentences do not convey authentic propositions.
Emotivism
The Emotivism theory states that moral judgments express positive or negative feelings. True or False?
True
What are the two (2) purposes claimed by Emotivism?
Used as a means of influencing other’s behavior.
Used to express (not report) the speaker’s attitude.
Who developed the Emotivism theory?
Charles L. Stevenson
It is a crucial part of what gives life meaning and ought to play a guiding role in morality.
Subjective feelings
It is the basis or motive for an action, decision, or conviction.
Reason
It is a principle of justice holding that decisions ought to be based on objective criteria, rather than on the basis of bias, prejudice, or preferring the benefit to one person over another for improper reasons.
Impartiality
What is the 7-Step Moral Reasoning Model/
Gather the facts
Determine the ethical issues
Identify the principles that have a bearing on the case
List the alternatives
Compare the alternatives with the principles
Weigh the consequences
Make a decision
It refers to that faculty of the mind which chooses, at the moment of making decision, the strongest desire from among the various desires present.
Will
It means doing the right thing even at the risk of inconvenience, ridicule, punishment, or loss of job, security, or social status.
Moral courage
How to develop will and moral courage? (5)
Develop and practice self-discipline.
Do mental strength training.
Draw inspiration from people of great courage.
Repeatedly do acts that exhibit moral courage and will.
Avoid deed that show lack of moral courage and will.
It is a matter of weighing reasons ang being guided by them.
Moral deliberation
It refers to the inner strength to make a decision, take action, and handle and execute any aim or task until it is accomplished.
Willpower
