Introduction to Ethics Vocabulary Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass
Ethics - Answers Rational reflection on our behaboir and beliefs
Morality - Answers Taking the idea of ethics into action
meta-ethics - Answers The branch of ethics that seeks to understand the nature of ethical properties,
statements, attitudes and judgements
Normative ethics - Answers The branch of ethics that examines standards for the wrong actions
Applied ethics - Answers The branch of ethics that (1) seeks to identify the moral correct course of
action in various fields in human life and (2) put it into practice
Descriptive ethics - Answers The branch of ethics that studies people's beliefs about morality
Amoral - Answers Complete disbelief in the existence of ethics and moral truth
More skepticism - Answers The belief that humans cannot discover of know moral truth
Determinism - Answers The belief that all events including human actions are ultimately determined by
causes external to the will
Moral relativism - Answers believes that moral truth is never fixed or absolute, changing cording to
perspective or preference
Moral objectivism - Answers The belief that there truly is a right and wrong
Ethical Pluralism - Answers The belief that different moral systems each capture a part of moral truth,
but none have the entire answer
Ethical systems - Answers Theories of what determines moral truth
Character-Based Ethics - Answers Ethics of being
-Focuses primarily on the doer
-Focuses on the person rather than the action
-Says the action is right or wrong depending on what is does to ones character
Action-Based Ethics - Answers Ethics of doing
- Focuses primarily on the action itself
Ethics - Answers Rational reflection on our behaboir and beliefs
Morality - Answers Taking the idea of ethics into action
meta-ethics - Answers The branch of ethics that seeks to understand the nature of ethical properties,
statements, attitudes and judgements
Normative ethics - Answers The branch of ethics that examines standards for the wrong actions
Applied ethics - Answers The branch of ethics that (1) seeks to identify the moral correct course of
action in various fields in human life and (2) put it into practice
Descriptive ethics - Answers The branch of ethics that studies people's beliefs about morality
Amoral - Answers Complete disbelief in the existence of ethics and moral truth
More skepticism - Answers The belief that humans cannot discover of know moral truth
Determinism - Answers The belief that all events including human actions are ultimately determined by
causes external to the will
Moral relativism - Answers believes that moral truth is never fixed or absolute, changing cording to
perspective or preference
Moral objectivism - Answers The belief that there truly is a right and wrong
Ethical Pluralism - Answers The belief that different moral systems each capture a part of moral truth,
but none have the entire answer
Ethical systems - Answers Theories of what determines moral truth
Character-Based Ethics - Answers Ethics of being
-Focuses primarily on the doer
-Focuses on the person rather than the action
-Says the action is right or wrong depending on what is does to ones character
Action-Based Ethics - Answers Ethics of doing
- Focuses primarily on the action itself
