1. THE NATURE OF ETHICS

Question 1

Where is the etymology of the word “ethics”?

Answer 1

Greek

Question 2

What is the meaning of greek word “ethos”?

Answer 2

character or custom

Question 3

What are the words used to refer to ethos?

Answer 3

distinguishing disposition, character, attitude of a specific culture or group

Question 4

What are the basic concern of ethics?

Answer 4

1. Individual characters, what it means to be a good person
2. The social rules that govern and limit our behavior, especially the ultimate rules concerning good and evil, which we call morality

Question 5

What is the difference between morality and ethics?

Answer 5

Morality is the human conduct and values while Ethics refers to the study of those areas

Question 6

____ means having no moral sense or being indifferent to right and wrong
ex. people who underwent preftontal lobotomies and babies

Answer 6

Amoral

Question 7

____ means out of the realm of mortality altogether
ex. inaminate objects (cars, guns)

Answer 7

Nonmoral

Question 8

It is the study of moral behavior or conduct of man as viewed from ultimate principles insofar as these principles are known by human reason

Answer 8

Ethics

Question 9

The study of ethics concerns questions of?

Answer 9

moral right and wrong, duty and obligation, and moral responsibility

Question 10

TRUE OR FALSE?
Ethics is a philosophical science dealing with the morality of the human acts.

Answer 10

TRUE

Question 11

What are the four other definition of Ethics,

Answer 11

1. Ethics is the science of human acts with reference to right and wrong.
2. Ethics is the study of the rectitude (virtue) of human conduct.
3. Ethics is the scientific inquiry into the principles of morality.
4. Ethics is the practical science of the morality of human actions.

Question 12

TRUE OR FALSE?
Ethics is not a philosophico-practical science.

Answer 12

FALSE.
It is a philosophico-practical science.

Question 13

TRUE OR FALSE?
The science of ethics guides the intellect to in the acquisition and application of the moral principles.

Answer 13

TRUE

Question 14

The _____ of a science matter is the matter with which the science deals. It consist of human acts.

Answer 14

Material Object

Question 15

The _______ of a science is the precise aspect under which that science deals with its subject matter. It is the moral rectitute of man’s human acts in relation to man’s natural end.

Answer 15

Formal Object

Question 16

What are the two ethical conclusions?

Answer 16

1. Human reason (primary)
2. Experience (contemporary and historical)

Question 17

What are the two sub of experience?

Answer 17

1. Personal Experience
2. Experience of others

Question 18

_____ refers to any special code of behavior or courtesy.

Answer 18

Etiquette