PHIL 482 Exam 1 Questions And
Answers
AccordingntonHume'snIs-OughtnThesisn-nCORRECTnnANSWER-
Wencannotnderivenanmoralnconclusionnfromnnon-moralnpremises
(neednanbridgenpremise)
ActnUtilitarianismn-nCORRECTnnANSWER-
Thenrightnmakingnfeaturesnofnannactnarenthenconsequencesnofnthatnparticularnact
Actualnconsequencesn-nCORRECTnnANSWER-consequencesnthatnactuallynoccur
AfterncommittingntontakenanjobnofferednbynAcmenEngineeringnbrokerednbynthenCareernCente
r,nanyoungnengineeringngraduatenisntemptedntondecommitnandntakenanjobnoffernfromnNexus.n
Accordingntonannact-
utilitariannanalysis,nthenstudentnshouldntakenintonaccountnthenconsequencesnthatnwillnaffectn
-nCORRECTnnANSWER-Himninnthenshortnandnlongnterm
ThencareernenternandnothernstudentsnatnTAMU
AnnengineernwhonadoptsnannethicsninspirednbynThomasnAquinasnwouldnlikelyn-
nCORRECTnnANSWER-
Embracenthenideanofn"selflessnservice"nimplicitninnthenvirtuenofncharitynornlove
ApplicationnIssuen-nCORRECTnnANSWER-Doesnconceptnapplyninnanspecificninstance?
"Isntakingnthesenticketsnanbribe?"
Aristotle'snApproachn-nCORRECTnnANSWER-
CategoricalnImperative
3nFormulationsn-nCORRECTnnANSWER-
1)nCannInconceivenofnanworldnwherenactionnisnalwaysnrightn(Universibilityntest)nEx:nmurder
2)nDon'tnusensomeonenasnanmeansntonannend
3)Everynrationalnwillnlegislates-
younmustnalwaysnactnasnthoughnothernpplnarensubjectedntonthensamenmoralnlawsnasnyou
CategoricalnImperativen-nCORRECTnnANSWER-
Hownanmaximnisntested;nhownonenmovesnfromnthenindividualntonthenuniversal
Answers
AccordingntonHume'snIs-OughtnThesisn-nCORRECTnnANSWER-
Wencannotnderivenanmoralnconclusionnfromnnon-moralnpremises
(neednanbridgenpremise)
ActnUtilitarianismn-nCORRECTnnANSWER-
Thenrightnmakingnfeaturesnofnannactnarenthenconsequencesnofnthatnparticularnact
Actualnconsequencesn-nCORRECTnnANSWER-consequencesnthatnactuallynoccur
AfterncommittingntontakenanjobnofferednbynAcmenEngineeringnbrokerednbynthenCareernCente
r,nanyoungnengineeringngraduatenisntemptedntondecommitnandntakenanjobnoffernfromnNexus.n
Accordingntonannact-
utilitariannanalysis,nthenstudentnshouldntakenintonaccountnthenconsequencesnthatnwillnaffectn
-nCORRECTnnANSWER-Himninnthenshortnandnlongnterm
ThencareernenternandnothernstudentsnatnTAMU
AnnengineernwhonadoptsnannethicsninspirednbynThomasnAquinasnwouldnlikelyn-
nCORRECTnnANSWER-
Embracenthenideanofn"selflessnservice"nimplicitninnthenvirtuenofncharitynornlove
ApplicationnIssuen-nCORRECTnnANSWER-Doesnconceptnapplyninnanspecificninstance?
"Isntakingnthesenticketsnanbribe?"
Aristotle'snApproachn-nCORRECTnnANSWER-
CategoricalnImperative
3nFormulationsn-nCORRECTnnANSWER-
1)nCannInconceivenofnanworldnwherenactionnisnalwaysnrightn(Universibilityntest)nEx:nmurder
2)nDon'tnusensomeonenasnanmeansntonannend
3)Everynrationalnwillnlegislates-
younmustnalwaysnactnasnthoughnothernpplnarensubjectedntonthensamenmoralnlawsnasnyou
CategoricalnImperativen-nCORRECTnnANSWER-
Hownanmaximnisntested;nhownonenmovesnfromnthenindividualntonthenuniversal