Engr 297 Test 2 Questions With Correct
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Consequentialism //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔an //action //is //morally //correct //if //the //sum //of //the
//consequences //of //that //action //are //favorable
Ethical //Egoism //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔Consequentialism //from //the //POV //of //the //agent
//performing //the //action
Ethical //altruism //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔Consequentialism //from //the //POV //of //everyone
//except //the //performing //agent
Utilitarianism //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔Consequentialism //from //the //POV //of //everyone
Hedonistic //Ultilitarianism //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔The //consequences //to //consider //are //what
//causes //pleasure //and //pain
Mill's //Ultitarianism //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔Believed //intellectual //and //moral //pleasures
//were //greater //than //physical //ones, //and //the //ones //to //decide //were //the //more //educated
Bentham //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔believed //in //hedonistic //utilitarianism
Deontology //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔Morality //based //on //a //code //revolving //around
//obligations //and //duties
, Right's //Theory //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔a //right //is //a //claim //against //another //person's
//behavior //e.g) //I //have //the //right //to //be //payed //equally //as //everyone //else //by //you //(employer)
John //Locke //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔-thought //we //had //rights //given //to //us //by //God
-believed //we //shouldn't //harm //anyones //health, //possessions //or //liberty
-these //rights //are //universal, //non //transferable, //equal //and //natural
Kant //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔believed //there //was //only //one //foundational //principle, //the
//categorical //imperative
Categorical //Imperative //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔Formulation //A:
-an //act //is //immoral //if //it //contradicts //itself. //eg) //stealing //implies //that //property //exists, //but //if
//everyone //steals //everyones //property //is //gone, //implying //no //one //has //property. //this //is //a
//contradiction //
Formulation //B:
-never //treat //people //as //a //means //to //an //end. //Or, //dont //use //people //to //get //something
Virtue //ethics //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔emphasizes //the //importance //of //developing //good
//habits //of //character //rather //than //following //the //rules
Social //Contract //Theory //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔The //view //that //a //person's //moral
//obligations //depend //upon //an //agreement //among //the //members //of //their //society
Socrates //and //SCT //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔believed //that //since //he //followed //society's //rule
//for //benefit, //he //should //also //value //them //for //something //not //favorable
Hobbes //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔-believed //that //humans //were //primarily //self //interested
//and //needed //a //sovereign //
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Consequentialism //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔an //action //is //morally //correct //if //the //sum //of //the
//consequences //of //that //action //are //favorable
Ethical //Egoism //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔Consequentialism //from //the //POV //of //the //agent
//performing //the //action
Ethical //altruism //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔Consequentialism //from //the //POV //of //everyone
//except //the //performing //agent
Utilitarianism //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔Consequentialism //from //the //POV //of //everyone
Hedonistic //Ultilitarianism //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔The //consequences //to //consider //are //what
//causes //pleasure //and //pain
Mill's //Ultitarianism //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔Believed //intellectual //and //moral //pleasures
//were //greater //than //physical //ones, //and //the //ones //to //decide //were //the //more //educated
Bentham //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔believed //in //hedonistic //utilitarianism
Deontology //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔Morality //based //on //a //code //revolving //around
//obligations //and //duties
, Right's //Theory //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔a //right //is //a //claim //against //another //person's
//behavior //e.g) //I //have //the //right //to //be //payed //equally //as //everyone //else //by //you //(employer)
John //Locke //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔-thought //we //had //rights //given //to //us //by //God
-believed //we //shouldn't //harm //anyones //health, //possessions //or //liberty
-these //rights //are //universal, //non //transferable, //equal //and //natural
Kant //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔believed //there //was //only //one //foundational //principle, //the
//categorical //imperative
Categorical //Imperative //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔Formulation //A:
-an //act //is //immoral //if //it //contradicts //itself. //eg) //stealing //implies //that //property //exists, //but //if
//everyone //steals //everyones //property //is //gone, //implying //no //one //has //property. //this //is //a
//contradiction //
Formulation //B:
-never //treat //people //as //a //means //to //an //end. //Or, //dont //use //people //to //get //something
Virtue //ethics //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔emphasizes //the //importance //of //developing //good
//habits //of //character //rather //than //following //the //rules
Social //Contract //Theory //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔The //view //that //a //person's //moral
//obligations //depend //upon //an //agreement //among //the //members //of //their //society
Socrates //and //SCT //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔believed //that //since //he //followed //society's //rule
//for //benefit, //he //should //also //value //them //for //something //not //favorable
Hobbes //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔-believed //that //humans //were //primarily //self //interested
//and //needed //a //sovereign //
