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27 Cards in this Set
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__a)___ is located between the extremes of __b)__ and __c)_.
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a) Situationism
b) legalism c) antinomianism |
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What is the only law of situationism?
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love
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Situationism: "everything else without exception, all laws, and principles and ideals and norms, are only contingent, only valid __a)__ to serve love in any __b)__.
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a) if they happen
b) situation |
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Advantages of situationism:
-It is a __a)__ position -It is an __b)__. -It resolves the issue of _c)_ -It gives due _d)_ to different circumstances -It stresses _e)_ ane the value of _f)_. |
a) normative
b)absolutism c) conflicting norms d) value e) love f) persons |
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Inadequacies of Situationism:
-One norm is _a)_ -The situation does noy _b)_ the meaning of love -The possibility of _c)_ universal norms -A different universal norm is _d)_ -A many-norm ethic is _e)_ |
a) too general
b) determine c) many d) possible e) defensible |
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Those who believe there are only _a)_ binding ethical laws are _b)_
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a) generally
b)generalism |
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_a)_ is also known as _b)_
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a) generalism
b)utilitarianism |
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_a)_ believe in the value of _b)_ laws in helping individuals determine which action will probably bring the _c)_ good for the greatest _d)_ of people
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a) Generalists
b) ethical c) greatest d) number |
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_a)_ belive the act is not judged by its _b)_ and universal value, but by its _c)_.
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a) generalists
b) intrinsic c) results |
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Advantages of Generalism:
-The _a)_ for norms -A solution to _b)_ norms -Some generalists have an _c)_ norm. |
a) need
b) conflicting c) unbreakable |
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Inadequacies of Generalism:
-The _a)_ does not _b)_ the means -Generalism has no _c)_ norms -Utilitarian acts have no _d)_ value -The need for an _e)_ norm -The _f)_ is an ambiguous term -The need for _g)_ norms |
a) end
b) justify c) universal d) intrinsic e) absolute f) "end" g) absolute ethical |
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_a)_ deals with what is _b)_ right and wrong.
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a) Ethics
b) morally |
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Christian ethics deals with what is morally right and _a)_ for a _b)_
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a) wrong
b) Christian |
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Christian Ethics:
-Based on _a)_ -It is _b)_ -based on _c)_ - is _d)_ -is _e)_ |
a) Gods will
b) absolute c) God's revelation d) prescriptive e) deontological |
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Deontological Ethic
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-Rule determines the result
-Rule is the basis of the act -Rule is good regardless of result -Result is always calculated within the rules |
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Teleological Ethic
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-Result determines the rule
-Result is the basis of the act -Rule is good because of result -Result sometimes used to break rules |
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Broadly speaking, ethical systems fall into 2 categories; _a)_ and _b)_
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a) nonabsolutisms
b) absolutisms |
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_a)_ which literally means "against or instead of law," holds that there are _b)_ binding moral laws, that _c)_ is _d)_
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a) Antinomianism
b) no c) everything d) relative |
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Another word for antinomianism is _a)_. The growth of relativism in the modern world is manifest in 3 movements: _b)_, _c)_, and _d)_
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a) relativism
b) utilitarianism c) existentialism d) evolutionism |
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Beliefs of Anitinomians:
-There are no... _a)_ moral laws _b)_ _c)_ _d)_ |
a) God-given
b) objective moral laws c) timeless moral laws d) laws against laws |
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Criticisms of Antinomianism:
It is... a) b) c) d) e) |
a) self-defeating
b) too subjective c) too individualistic d) ineffective e) irrational |
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Values
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Culturally defined standards by which people judge desirability, goodness and beauty and which serve as broad guidelines for social living
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Beliefs
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Specific statements that people who share culture hold to be true
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Norms
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rules and expectations by which a society guides the behavior of its members
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Prospective norms
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mandating what we should NOT do
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Prescriptive norms
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state what we SHOULD do
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Mores
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refer to norms that have great significance
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