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U2 - Do you think consequences, motivations, both, or neither should determine the morality of an action? Give an example to illustrate your answer. (MILLS) correct answers MILLS UTILITARIANISM (What ought I do?) CONSEQUENCE BASED - Protecting and promoting human happiness and wellbeing - The right action is that which facilitates the greatest possible degree of good for all those affected by the action. - ACT Util = defines actions as right or wrong in terms of its "utility" (of ...

How does libertarianism view ownership and someones life? correct answers every person is the owner of their own life What are the 3 ways to see how every person owns their life through libertarianism? correct answers - no one is someones master/slaves - other lives aren't yours to dispose of - can't claim someone else life/work/labor as your own What kind of sign surrounds our rights through libertarianism? correct answers a no trespassing sign With each right for an individual co...

Original Trolley correct answers person should choose to save as many lives as possible Footbridge Case correct answers - the trolley will either kill 5 people on the track, or Jones can flip the footbridge killing one portly fella - it is better to let 5 die than kill one Bystander Case correct answers - trolley will kill 5 unless bystander flips switch to kill one - it is better to kill one than to let 5 die - morally worse to kill then let die Consequentialism correct answers - "...

Empirical analysis correct answers - Based on observations and quantitative measurements - Objective; factual Normative analysis correct answers - Analysis concerned with what ought or ought not to be; what is good or bad; what is right or wrong; praiseworthy or blameworthy. eg: moral philosophy is concerned with questions about how the world "ought to be" - Subjective; feelings, opinions -"what should I do?" (particular acts) -"what sort of person should I be?" (involves charac...

We can apply Kant's 1st Formulation of C.I. in 4 steps: correct answers 1. What's the motive? (I want your money) 2. What's the maxim? (When I want your money, I will make a lying promise) 3. Universalize the maxim (When anybody wants someone else's money, he/she will make a lying promise) 4. Ask whether it would be rational to want such a universal law. If not, then the action is immoral. (In this case, it's immoral to make a lying promise) Principle of Utility correct answers Used i...

Just War Theory correct answers provides the rules that allow the moral rule that there is a moral rule against killing other people, to be overridden Jus ad bellum correct answers when it is just to go to war 6 components of jus ad bellum (C,A,I,R,S,P) correct answers just cause legitimate authority right intention last resort hope of success macro-proportionality jus en bello correct answers just conduct during war components of jus en bello correct answers discrimination mic...

Argument correct answers a reasoning process consisting in a series of claims one of which is the conclusion and the rest are premises Sounds (applicable to whole arguments, not just a claim) correct answers an argument is sound if and only if it is valid and all of its premises are true Valid correct answers An argument is valid if and only if it is impossible for the premises to be true and the conclusion is false True correct answers a claim is true if and only if it correctly repres...

Utilitarianism is a kind of consequentialist moral theory correct answers True The Euthyphro dilemma is a problem for consequentialist moral theories. correct answers False Moral theories are not totally focused on what is right or wrong, they also focus on what is good. correct answers True This moral theory focuses heavily on what kind of people we are, and it is meant, in part, to help us avoid vice: correct answers virtue ethics According to this moral theory, if a culture decide...

Effective Altruism correct answers is a philosophy and social movement that applies evidence and reason to determine the most effective ways to benefit others. Distinction between (moral) rightness & goodness (a.k.a. non-moral value) correct answers Goodness: What does the good life consist in? What makes someone's life go best? E.g., pleasure, desire satisfaction, achievement of worthy goals. Moral Rightness: How should we understand the nature and the content of our obligations to others?...

What is an empirical statement? correct answers Based on objective data (can be measured). for example: saying "in 2001 there were apprx 15000 children under the age of 16 in NSW who had an imprisoned parent" is an empirical statement What is a normative statement? correct answers a normative statement is an educated opinion based on theory. for example: "the government should provide basic healthcare to all citizens" is a normative statement what is act utilitarianism: correct answers...

just war theory correct answers there is a moral presumption against killing (human beings). war involves killing. jwt tries to set out conditions that override the presumption against killing (explain when its morally permissable to kill human beings) jwt questions correct answers 1. what are the conditions of just war? 2. are the conditions believed to be met? 3. are the conditions actually met? jus ad bellum correct answers when its ok to go to war 1. just cause 2. legit authority ...

different voice hypothesis correct answers there are two distinct moral voices each associated with fundamentally different moral concepts. One focuses on JUSTICE and the other focuses on CARE. Gender Difference hypothesis correct answers the ethics of care is a characteristically female moral perspective and the justice-based ethic is a characteriscally male moral perspective. (there are now doubts about whether the empirical evidence supports this claim) an iterated PD correct answers se...

Argument correct answers a reasoning process consisting in a series of claims, one of which, is the conclusion and the rest are premises. Sound correct answers (applies to deductive reasoning) arguments are sound iff it's valid and all the premises are true. Valid correct answers an argument is valid iff it is impossible for the premises to be true, and the conclusion false (if the premises are or were true, they force or would force the conclusion to be true) True correct answers iff ...

Just War Theory Supportive Theories correct answers Aristotle: wouldn't be living/doing well to whip out a machete and kill someone for pulling out a cell phone b/c that would be an excessive reaction Utilitarianism: doesn't maximize happiness to kill people Kant: bad to kill these intrinsically valuable people CER: need JWT IER: people do what they want Contractarianism: under veil of ignorance, we wouldn't agree to killing (Ethical Egoism): no need for a justification of war, BU...

strawson correct answers determinism expressivism correct answers what you really do when you praise or blame someone (hold them responsible) optimist determinist correct answers still hold people responsible even if determinism is true pessimist determinist correct answers cannot hold people responsible because determinism is true type 1 exemption correct answers normal agent with goodwill type 2 exemption correct answers abnormal agent (toddler, mental disability) watson corr...

what is a sound argument? correct answers -has premises that force conclusion to be true -has only true premises -has good structure if an argument is valid then... correct answers its impossible for the premises to be true and the conclusion to be false in class we said a true claim is one that... correct answers -correctly represents things as they actually are the claim, "if it snows, we will go skiing," is called... correct answers a conditional and hypothetical claim the cla...

Argument correct answers a reasoning process consisting in a series of claims one of which is the conclusion and the rest are premises Sound Argument correct answers an argument that is valid and all of its premises are true Valid Argument correct answers an argument for which it is impossible for the premises to be true and the conclusion to be false True Premise correct answers a claim that correctly represents things the way they actually are (applies to individual claims, not argume...

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afferent correct answers sensory, cell bodies in dorsal root ganglion efferent correct answers motor, cell bodies in anterior horn interneuron correct answers within spinal cord, connects sensory to motor neuron somatic afferent correct answers touch, pain, temp, pressure, proprioception, via dorsal root visceral afferent correct answers organs, via rami communicans, via dorsal root somatic efferent correct answers innervate skeletal muscles, ventral horn autonomic efferent cor...

subarachnoid correct answers CSF is found in the ____ space of the spinal meninges dura, arachnoid, pia correct answers the spinal meninges include the ____ mater, ____ mater, and ____ mater meningitis correct answers bacterial or viral infections of the CSF is the most common cause of _____ because CSF provides the ideal environment for bacteria and viruses epidural, dura correct answers a(n) ____ injection provides anesthesia; it does NOT penetrate the ____ lumbar puncture, dura, L...