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24 Cards in this Set
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Utilitarianism is willing to sacrifice the good of the minority for the good of the majority |
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a benefit of moral relativism is that you avoid pain and seek pleasure |
false |
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a moral relativist from one culture may view a moral decision differently than a moral relativist from another culture |
true |
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a hedonist is generally concerned with whether or not a given action conforms the moral good |
false |
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a moral nihilist finds no value in the lives of other, but does find value in his/her existence |
true |
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a utilitarian would agree with the following statement: it is never morally okay to place value on the worth of one human's life over another |
false |
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a limitation of utilitarianism is that using it one can justify actions that are wrong as long as the end is desirable |
true |
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tolerance for other's views necessitates holding a position of moral relativism |
true |
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moral nihilism denies the existence of inherently good or bad actions at all |
true |
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moral absolutism judges the morality based on the action itself as right or wrong |
true |
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utilitarianism judges something as moral or not based on the action itself and not the outcome |
false |
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one's view of a particular moral dilemma will be shaped by the moral vision that one holds |
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all people, consciously or unconsciously, live by a particular vision that one holds |
true |
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both jeremy bentham and john stuart mill contributed to the ideas of moral relativism, specifically separating higher from lower goods |
false |
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there are three distinct steps in moral relativism: descriptive, Meta-ethical, normative |
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a moral relativist would agree with this statement : morals are best 'best explanations' of an individual experience and one with another experience could come to a different 'best explanation' |
true |
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a limitation of hedonism is that it leaves the person incapable of making a decision in many moral decisions |
false
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in a utilitarian vision of the world the means justify the ends |
false |
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hedonism seeks the true happiness of the individual |
false |
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it is only considered a sin when a person takes an active role; when a person neglects doing the good it is not considered a sin |
false |
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the truest forms of love are completely free and require no sacrifice of the soul on the part of anyone |
false |
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a person's dignity comes from the fact that he/she was created in the image and likeness of God |
true |
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sin is the foundation of Catholic morality |
false |
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the process if divinization is about seeking forgiveness through reconciliation |
true |