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15 Cards in this Set
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According to Kant, what is the only thing that is good without qualifiacation? |
A good will
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According to Kant, what must we do to derive moral worth from an action?
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Do what is right because it is right
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According to Aristotle, to what is choosing according to the mean likely lead?
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Wisdom and virtue
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According to Aristotle, what is the supereme good?
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Happiness
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According to Aristotle, where do virtues come from?
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They are acquired and developed by practice.
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According to Hume, what is the basis for morality?
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Sympathy
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What is most closely associated with communitarian concepts of justice?
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Convention and tradition
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Which statement is most compatible with Divine Command theory?
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Something is right because God commands it.
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If psychological egoism could be proven to be true, what would be the impact on ethical egoism?
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Become irrelevant
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With which statement would Nietzche clearly disagree?
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The virtues of obedience, sympathy and humility will help humankind flourish.
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Accordint to Nietzche, the rancor and resentment of the weak for the strong allowed slave morality to replace the master (noble) morality. Why does Nietzche view this reversal of values as bad?
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He believes the values of slave morality foster mediocracy.
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What does someone do who commits the naturalistic fallacy?
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Violates the distinction between what is and what ought to be
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Which statment best expresses the formal principle of justice?
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People should be treated similarly unless morally relevant differences apply
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What is the purpose of Rawls veil of ignorance?
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To prevent people from permiting pinciples of justice that are biased
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Which of Rawls two principles of justice takes precedence over the other?
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Everyone should have a right to as much liberty as is compatible with liberty for other.
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