PHILOSOPHY 2

Question 1

The doctrine according to which moral rightness or wrongness of an action varies from one society or culture to another. There is no absolute universal standards binding all men at all times.

Answer 1

Ethical Relativism

Question 2

The view that there are no objective moral principles that could be used to determine the morality of human actions in a social group. All valid principles are justified by virtue of their social acceptance.

Answer 2

Conventional Relativism

Question 3

Maintains that different cultures have different moral codes

Answer 3

Cultural Relativism

Question 4

Idea that our moral judgements are based on our feelings and nothing more.

Answer 4

Ethical Subjectivism

Question 5

Holds that everyone must promote his own greatest good.

Answer 5

Ethical Egoism

Question 6

It maintains that everyone should perform the act that will bring about the greatest good and happiness to everyone concerned.

Answer 6

Utilitarianism

Question 7

Everyone should perform the act the will bring about the greatest good over bad for everyone affected by the act.

Answer 7

Act Utilitarianism

Question 8

Everyone should always folllow the rules that will bring about the greatest number of good consequences for everyone conerned

Answer 8

Rule utilitarianism

Question 9

It us taught that there are moral laws abd these laws are constant and universal, they fo not change.

Answer 9

Christian ethics

Question 10

Two norms or standard of morality im christian ethics

Answer 10

Conscience
The laws (divine, human, natural)

Question 11

Proximate norm of morality

Answer 11

Conscience

Question 12

Ultimate norm of morality

Answer 12

The laws

Question 13

Deservingness of blame or praise for the actions that we perform.

Answer 13

Accountability

Question 14

Another meaning is causation. It is because he cause that something.

Answer 14

Responsibility

Question 15

2 general sets of conditions for moral accountability

Answer 15

Attribution conditions
Degree conditions

Question 16

Attribution conditions of moral accountability

Answer 16

Agency or causation
Knowledge condition
Intentionality condition

Question 17

A person is only accountable for actions he caused

Answer 17

Agency or causation

Question 18

Condition in which a person knows or had the capacity to know the moral quality of her action.

Answer 18

Knowledge condition

Question 19

Condition in which a person intends to freely chooses to perform the action

Answer 19

Intentional condition

Question 20

Non- occurrence of each incriminating conditions

Answer 20

Non-agency - agency or causation
Ignorance - knowledge condition
Involuntariness - intentionlity condition

Question 21

Two kinds of ignorance

Answer 21

Blameless ignorance
Blameful ignorance

Question 22

Ignorance where the person cannot be said to have known better.

Answer 22

Blameless ignorance

Question 23

Ignorance where the ignorant person can be saud to have known it is her duty to know

Answer 23

Blameful ignorance

Question 24

Degree conditions

Answer 24

Degree of knowledge
Degree of pressure
Degree of intensity
Degree of involvement

Question 25

The more knowledge a person is the greater the accountability

Answer 25

Degree of knowledge

Question 26

Difficulty in life that forces one to perform a wrongdoing

Answer 26

Degree of pressure

Question 27

The seriousness of the injury caused by the wrong doing

Answer 27

Degree of intensity

Question 28

The participation in a group or collective act of moral wrong doing

Answer 28

Degree of involvement

Question 29

3 types of ethics

Answer 29

Normative ethics
Non-normative ethics
Meta-Ethics

Question 30

Types of naturalism

Answer 30

Autobiographical Naturalism
Sociological Naturalism
Theological Naturalism