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Ethics Mid-Term
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Philosophy
Undergraduate 1
11/24/2008

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Term
What is ethics?
Definition
Is the philosophical study of morality
Term
What is Mortality?
Definition

Beliefs concerning right and wrong

Term
What does ‘doing ethics’ mean?
Definition
• Deliberating about the rightness or
wrongness of actions
• Examining the soundness of your (and
other people’s) moral outlook
• Questioning whether your moral
decision-making rests on coherent
supporting considerations
Term
Normative Ethics
Definition
- the study of the principles, rules, or theories that guide our
actions
- the purpose is to establish the soundness of moral norms
- considers questions such as “Is happiness the greatest
good in life?” or “Should the rightness of actions be judged
by their consequences?”
Term
Metaethics
Definition
- the study of the meaning and logical structure
of moral beliefs
- the purpose is to question all of the
assumptions that inform normative ethics
- considers questions such as “On what grounds
can a moral principle be justified?” or “Is there
such a thing as moral truth?”
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Applied Ethics
Definition
the application of moral norms to specific moral issues
or cases
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