Ethics and Mores

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branch of philosophy deals with systematic questioning and critical examination of the underlying principles of morality.

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Ethics

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Derived from the greek word “Ethos (Character)

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Ethics

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It means Character

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Ethos

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The subject matter of ethics

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Morality

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It means customs

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Mores

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provides a moral framework of what is right and wrong

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Normative Ethics

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Examines the presuppositions, meanings, and justifications of ethical concepts and principles

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Meta-ethics

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arise from our instinctive ways to survive or satisfy needs

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Folkways

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Learned through tradition, imitation, and authority

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Folkways

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basis for what is “right” in a particular society

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Folkways

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are the folkways, including the philosophical and ethical generalizations as to societal welfare, which are suggested by them, and inherent in them, as they grow

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Mores

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Changes by adaptation to new conditions and interests

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Mores

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Growing by the instinctive efforts by which the mores were produced

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Crescive Institutions

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Products of rational invention and intention

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Enacted Institutions

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formulated and are products of rational reflection, discussion, and verification

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Positive Laws

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Part of the customs of our society, and emerges unconsciously

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Customary Laws

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To make choices based on one’s moral discernment

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Freedom

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Duty to exercise freedom

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Obligation

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Only Humans can deliberate as a process of socialization. (T/F)

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F, process of reflection

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According to Mothershed, Humans can develop concepts, principles, and beliefs that serves as a guide in life. (T/F)

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T

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According to Mothershed, animals can also make full explicit moral judgements and decisions. (T/F)

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F, it is only humans

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(blank) is the act of thinking that animals that belong to other species are less superior.

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Speciesism

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According to Standford, Humans are unique, therefore they are superior than animals. (T/F)

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F, animals are also unique since they can do humans can’t do, similarly, they also can do what humans do.

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It is the way of thinking that humans believe they posses a unique characteristic, which makes them superior than animals.

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Human Exceptionalism

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According to Regan, Animals has an inherent value of their own. (T/F)

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T

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It gives an individual of any species an autobiographical sense of itself.

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Autonoetic Consciousness

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It is the act of making choices and indicating our preferences

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Valuation Process

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Not all values are priorities. (T/F)

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F, All values are priorities.

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This value has unlimited priority

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Moral Value

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It takes precedence and priority over other values

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Moral Values

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It can be compared as the act of budgeting actions

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Moral Judgement

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The most important class of moral judgements

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Moral Decision

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All moral judgements are decisions. (T/F)

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F, not all moral judgements are decisions.

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Moral judgements can have a reference to other people or group. (T/F)

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T

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Philosophical questions should be immediate. (T/F)

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F, it should not.

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Philosophy is the study for the sake of definite answers to its questions. (T/F)

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F, these questions are to enlarge our conception of what is possible.

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Excellence already dwells in ourselves. (T/F)

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T, even without obligation we are excellent, but in order for us to be recognized as excellent we must do our obligations.

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They are rules or standards of behavior shared by members of a society or a social group

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Norms

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According to Korsgard, it is what makes us humans.

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Obligation

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A kind of moral reasoning that is an inference or personal deliberation.

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Internal or Intrapersonal Reasoning

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A kind of moral reasoning that is done for others or together with other people.

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External or Interpersonal Reasoning

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A kind of moral reasoning that is apt to modify one's decision, plans, or intentions

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Internal Practical Reasoning

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A kind of moral reasoning that is apt to modify one's belief

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Internal Theoretical Reasoning

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Majority of the reasonings that we make are based on unconscious aspect of reasoning. (T/F)

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T

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A type of reasoning that is externally expressed or imagined argument.

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Conscious Reasoning

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Are the are the substantive reasons an agent has such as beliefs, desires, and intentions.

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Motivational Reasons

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Are the reasons why an agent decides or acts the way s/he did. This actually motivate an agent to decide or act.

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Explanatory Reasons

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Are the rational principles that determine whether the reason the agent has count as reasons to pursue a particular course of action.

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Reasons of the Normative Kind

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A type of morality the truth of this claim is supported by the fact of moral disagreements among different societies and cultures.

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Moral Relativism

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A type of morality that the views on moral judgments are based on individual beliefs, emotions, or attitudes

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Moral Subjectivism