Ethics Quiz

To live a life of altruism is to lead a life of selfishness

The thesis that there are a number of (different) central values within a society.

“Treat others as you would like to be treated”;

right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong if they produce pain

A person that asks, “in this situation what act will lead to the greatest overall happiness?”

“By following what set of rules will I be able to promote the greatest overall happiness”

Kant believed that “if you feel good” about an action then it has moral worth.

Used the example of an Axe

The Naturalistic Fallacy: says that if something is natural to us, then we ought to do it.

Ethics of care

For Mill, “Consequences” and pleasure are the most important parts of

The most important things are relative to and dependent upon the individual or culture.

For Mill, “Duty” is the most important part of morality.

For Kant, “Character” is the most important part of morality.

When Mill talks about ‘Utility’ he is referring to Use.

Normative ethics attempts to arrive at a moral standard that regulates right or wrong conduct.

Kant believed that morality had to be grounded in our desires?

Metaethics investigates where our ethical principles come from, and what they mean.

Approach to ethics that locates ethical norms in nonreligious principles

Mill said “better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied.”

Ethical Theory that focuses on Pleasure

A "sweet spot" between extremes

Breaking the law in a civil manner

Kant’s Categorical Imperative is conditional and not absolute.

Mill made a distinction between two types of pleasures: higher and lower pleasures.

Ethical System that Focuses on Duty

Ethical theory that focuses on Character