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20 Cards in this Set
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Accepting a moral principle
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generally involves a desire to follow that principle for its own sake.
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Which of the following is an accurate statement?
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Professional codes are the rules that are supposed to govern the conduct of members of a given profession.
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Which of the following characteristics distinguishes moral standards from other sorts of standards?
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moral standards take priority over other standards, including self-interest
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What criteria concerning moral judgments should we agree with?
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Moral standards typically concern behavior that can be of serious consequence to human welfare.
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Morality and self-interest
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can sometimes conflict
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If an argument is valid, then
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its conclusion must be true, if its premises are
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When ethical relativism is put into practice, it implies that
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we cannot say that slavery is wrong if the society in question believes it is right.
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When religion and morality are considered,
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the moral instructions of the world's great religions are often general and imprecise.
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Philosophical discussion of moral issues typically involves
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the revision and modification of arguments
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The authors use the murder of Kitty Genovese to illustrate
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bystander apathy.
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According to the utilitarian theory, an action is morally right if and only if
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it maximizes total, net happiness
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"If you want to go to law school, then you must take the LSAT exam." This statement is an example of
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a hypothetical imperative
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Imagine a shopkeeper who is honest because being honest is good for business. When the shopkeeper refrains from cheating a customer, Kant would say this action
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was in accordance with duty, but not done from duty.
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According to W. D. Ross's theory
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we have various moral duties that can't be reduced to a single, overarching obligation.
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Egoism as a psychological theory
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states that self-interest is the only thing that ever motivates anyone.
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The statement that best defines rights is
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a right is an entitlement to act or to have others act in a certain way
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Which of the following represents a utilitarian belief?
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Rightness is determined by what will bring about the most good.
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Kant believed that we should always act
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in a way that we can will the maxim of our action to become a universal law.
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If you adopt ethical egoism as your moral code, then
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you believe that it is morally right to do whatever promotes your self-interest.
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Supererogatory actions are
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actions that it would be good to do but not immoral not to do
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