MMC3203 Mod 1

A haphazard approach to ethics that relies upon different (and expedient) variables to make decisions. It mitigates against moral autonomy

A self-determining person who looks to his or her own reason for moral guidance

study of knowledge

One who believes in limited government interference in personal and economic liberties

When one is facing an ethical decision, the ability to envision various alternative choices, consequences, resolutions, benefits, harms.

principles, rules, and values people use in deciding what is right or wrong

way of teaching developed by Socrates that used a question-and-answer format to force students to use their reason to see things for themselves

people should judge ideas, institutions, and actions on the basis of their utility, or usefulness

intending to understand the nature of something

Using normative ethics to solve a problem. Branch of ethics that applies a normative theory to a moral problem.

Relationships that require us to act responsibly out of threat of power or simply because we lack power to act otherwise. Used in authoritarian states, some employer-employee relationships.

Self-imposed relationships somebody will enter when they believe they will benefit others, and assume responsibility for doing so as an expression of character or virtue.

emotionally purging

interactions between parties who have agreed to share more-or-less equal power and authority.

Chronicling what people hold to be moral or describing a society's set of moral customs.

relating to discussions; relating to the rules and methods of reasoning; approaching truth in the middle of opposing extremes

Greek word meaning "character,." "Above the neck," Study and application of moral philosophy.

Efforts to define moral terminology. Branch of ethics that seeks to understand the nature of ethical properties, ethical statements, attitudes, judgments.

concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong

Discussions you or others may have about a moral topic.

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The ability to make ethical decisions based on your own careful thinking is known as

authority

applied ethics

tenacity

moralizing

descriptive ethics

an assumed

Broad, general moral statements that help explain why some actions are right and some actions are wrong.

Ethics that chronicles what sorts of beliefs that people or cultures hold.

Using normative ethics to solve a specific problem.

Discussions about how you (or others) feel about a moral topic.

Meta-ethics