Ethics and Morals Unit 1 Flashcards

1
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What question drives the study of ethics

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How to live life happily

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2
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What did Augustine and Aquinas believe about happiness?

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It’s connected to goodness

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3
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According to Augustine and Aquinas, how do we become happy?

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Being good

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4
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What is the best way to understand Christian Ethics

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Education throughout life about being ethical

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5
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What does Christian moral theology want to know

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How being a Christian changes how we live our life

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6
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Ethics of Doing

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This way of viewing ethics focuses on rules, correct action, and is connected with Canon Law.

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7
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Ethics of Being

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Together with Virtue Theory, this focuses less on “rule keeping” and more on cultivating character and virtue.

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8
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Ethics

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Set of principles and standards of right and wrong

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9
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Morals

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Guided principles and personal values that influence how we view right and wrong

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10
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Continent

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Not in harmony with virtue but still chooses the good because of external factors

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Incontinet

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Not in harmony with virtue. Knows what is right but dosen’t choose the good

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12
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Vicious

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Feels no conflict between moral duty and inclinations. Selfish and does not feel guilt

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13
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Virtuous

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Trained emotional systems to be in line with the good

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14
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How do we define right action

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If its in accordance w/ natural law

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15
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Moral act depends on

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The object and intention of the act

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16
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Circumstance can ____ or _____ the moral goodness of an act

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Increase or diminish

17
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What is conscience not

A

An inner voice or feeling

18
Q

A person must obey conscience if it is ____ and ____

A

Fully formed and Reflective

19
Q

Vincible ignorance

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Choosing to remain willfully ignorant

20
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Invincible ignorance

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Could not have known better