Vocabulary

Question 1

Statement that can be true or false

Answer 1

Claim

Question 2

Starting point for reasoning

Answer 2

Intuition

Question 3

The dog has four legs = _____ claim

Answer 3

Empirical

Question 4

The dog should have four legs = ______ claim

Answer 4

Normative

Question 5

Excess consumption of sugar can lead to diabetes = ______ claim

Answer 5

Empirical

Question 6

People should avoid consuming too much sugar = ______ claim

Answer 6

Normative

Question 7

Determines the rightness of an action

Answer 7

Consequentialism

Question 8

An action is right if it produces the best possible outcome/consequences/utility

Answer 8

Utilitarianism

Question 9

Everyones interests count equally/have the same weight

Answer 9

Utilitarianism

Question 10

______ is a permissive theory because no actions are banned

Answer 10

Utilitarianism

Question 11

If an act of killing produces better outcomes than any other action, it is not only permissible, but obligatory for a ______

Answer 11

Utilitarian

Question 12

It is wrong to not do that action that is best = ______

Answer 12

Utilitarianism

Question 13

The study of “duties”

Answer 13

Deontology

Question 14

The rightness of an action depends on whether it conforms to moral rules = ______

Answer 14

Deontology

Question 15

Goodness is seperate to rightness = ______

Answer 15

Deontology

Question 16

An agent is not judged by their consequences, but by their actions = ______

Answer 16

Deontology

Question 17

Some acts are good but not obligatory = ______

Answer 17

Supererogatory

Question 18

Do unto others, only as you would have done unto you = ______

Answer 18

Deontology

Question 19

You don’t lie to the axe murderer that asks if there is anybody home = ______

Answer 19

Deontology

Question 20

What makes life good? = ______

Answer 20

Virtue Ethics

Question 21

Goal of life is flourishing/doing well = ______

Answer 21

Eudaimonia

Question 22

Practical wisdom/being able to discern how to act = ______

Answer 22

Phronesis

Question 23

Th right action is not governed by rules, but is the fitting response to the situation = ______

Answer 23

Virtue Ethics

Question 24

Strong feelings as to whether an unborn baby is a boy or a girl = ______

Answer 24

Intuition

Question 25

An unexpected and inexplicable change in a situation or someones behaviour

Answer 25

Vagary

Question 26

Of greatest importance, fundamental

Answer 26

Cardinal

Question 27

In an essential or natural way

Answer 27

Intrinsically