HCR210 Arizona State University -HCR 210 Chapter 1 question n answers

HCR210 Arizona State University -HCR 210 Chapter 1 question n answersPhilosophy - correct answer Comes from Ancient Greek defined as "love of wisdom." Explains what is real/not real - true/false Ethics - correct answer Branch of philosophy that determines how human actions may be judged right or wrong. Practical Wisdom - correct answer The ability to choose patterns of actions through consideration of virtues along with the wildest range of experience for the human person in society. (Approach that examines actions & their consequences. Why is this action/result important to us as humans?) Consequentialism - correct answer Class of ethical theories that views the rightness or wrongness of an action in terms of the consequences of that action Utilitarianism - correct answer Type of consequentialism that assesses the rightness or wrongness of an action based upon the aggregate consequence of that action for a social group. (One should act as to do the greatest good good the greatest number.) Ethical Theories - correct answer Theories about the chatacteristics of human activity - Consequemtialism, Kantian deontologism, natural law, and virtue ethics. Ethical Dilemma - correct answer Arises when an individual or a society faces a choice of actions which are completely different yet seemingly each can be fully justifed by an ethical theory. Legal Rights - correct answer Rights that exist because they have been written into legal code by a legislative body or decided upon i'n a court of law