Introduction to Ethics
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Q: Which of the following scenarios would be obligatory for an egoist? 
A: Malachi sees an opportunity to cheat and get ahead at work, so he takes it. 
Q: Which of the following represents a difficulty with egoism?
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The Leisure Ethic • William A. Gleason• ISBN 9780804734349
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Q: Which of the following scenarios would be obligatory for an egoist? 
A: Malachi sees an opportunity to cheat and get ahead at work, so he takes it. 
Q: Which of the following represents a difficulty with egoism?
Unit 1 Challenge 1 
Which of the following statements best describes the relationship between philosophy and science? 
Answer: Philosophy is concerned with how to understand and interpret scientific facts. 
Philosophy helps define concepts that are at the center of scientific study. 
Philosophy pursues truths that cannot be determined through empirical observation. 
Which of the following is a philosophical question?
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Ethics • Harry J. Gensler• ISBN 9780415156257
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Unit 1 Challenge 1 
Which of the following statements best describes the relationship between philosophy and science? 
Answer: Philosophy is concerned with how to understand and interpret scientific facts. 
Philosophy helps define concepts that are at the center of scientific study. 
Philosophy pursues truths that cannot be determined through empirical observation. 
Which of the following is a philosophical question?
Which of the following statements about divine command theory is true? 
Answer: Divine command theory states that what is right is wholly determined from God's command. 
Divine command theory states that God freely chooses what is right and what is wrong. 
Divine command theory is an objectivist moral theory. 
Norman learns from his pastor that God commands people to love one another. 
Thus according to divine command theory, loving one another is __________.
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Introduction to Ethics•Introduction to Ethics
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Ethics • Harry J. Gensler• ISBN 9780415156257
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Which of the following statements about divine command theory is true? 
Answer: Divine command theory states that what is right is wholly determined from God's command. 
Divine command theory states that God freely chooses what is right and what is wrong. 
Divine command theory is an objectivist moral theory. 
Norman learns from his pastor that God commands people to love one another. 
Thus according to divine command theory, loving one another is __________.
Which of the following best defines virtue-based ethics? 
Answer: An ethical theory that emphasizes moral character over principles. 
A theory of ethics that asserts that actions reveal and reinforce personal characteristics 
Choose the true statement about virtue-based ethics. 
Answer: Actions are evaluated based on how the action reveals the actor’s character.
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Introduction to Ethics•Introduction to Ethics
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Ethics • Harry J. Gensler• ISBN 9780415156257
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Which of the following best defines virtue-based ethics? 
Answer: An ethical theory that emphasizes moral character over principles. 
A theory of ethics that asserts that actions reveal and reinforce personal characteristics 
Choose the true statement about virtue-based ethics. 
Answer: Actions are evaluated based on how the action reveals the actor’s character.
Which of the following statements supports egoism? 
Answer: Self-determined ethics are more successful than ethics dictated by others. 
"Abortion is acceptable if the woman doesn't want to be a mother." 
To which theory of ethics is the person who made this statement likely appealing? 
Answer: Egoism
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Introduction to Ethics•Introduction to Ethics
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Ethics • Harry J. Gensler• ISBN 9780415156257
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Which of the following statements supports egoism? 
Answer: Self-determined ethics are more successful than ethics dictated by others. 
"Abortion is acceptable if the woman doesn't want to be a mother." 
To which theory of ethics is the person who made this statement likely appealing? 
Answer: Egoism
Which of the following statements about divine command theory is true?
Answer: Divine command theory states that what is right is wholly determined from God's command.
Divine command theory states that God freely chooses what is right and what is wrong.
Divine command theory is an objectivist moral theory.
Norman learns from his pastor that God commands people to love one another. 
Thus according to divine command theory, loving one another is __________.
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- • 7 pages's •
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Introduction to Ethics•Introduction to Ethics
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Which of the following statements about divine command theory is true?
Answer: Divine command theory states that what is right is wholly determined from God's command.
Divine command theory states that God freely chooses what is right and what is wrong.
Divine command theory is an objectivist moral theory.
Norman learns from his pastor that God commands people to love one another. 
Thus according to divine command theory, loving one another is __________.