Ethics Vocabulary

Question 1

What is a moral act?

Answer 1

an act that is considered to be right

Question 2

What is an amoral act?

Answer 2

An act that shows no understanding of right and wrong

Question 3

What is a non moral act?

Answer 3

An act not concerned with right and wrong

Question 4

What is an immoral act?

Answer 4

An act that is considered to be wrong

Question 5

What is absolute morality?

Answer 5

a type of morality that uses fixed rules that can never be changed and will allow no exception. E.g. You should never kill.

Question 6

What is relative morality?

Answer 6

a type of morality where some flexibility is allowed. Exceptions are considered and the situation is taken into account. E.g. It is wrong to kill but there are extreme cases where it is acceptable

Question 7

What are deontological ethics?

Answer 7

ethics based on duty, rules and laws. This is a type of absolute morality.

Question 8

What are teleological ethics?

Answer 8

ethics based on the outcome of actions and decisions. This is a type of relative
ethics. (It might be right to kill one person if the outcome is that hundreds of people are saved in the process)