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Ethics - Quiz 1
Chapters 0 - 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Philosophy + Religion | Wrestle with what's important and purposeful for human life |
| Authentic Person | Building personal skills |
| Philosophy | Greek term meaning love of wisdom |
| Three Branches of Philosophy | Metaphysics, Epistemology, and Ethics |
| Metaphysics | Exploring questions about the overall reality of the world |
| Epistemology | The theory of knowledge |
| Ethics | What is good and right and what entails duty and responsibility |
| Challenge For Ethics | Ally knowledge to will |
| Ethical Decision-Making | Link between intent and action, and it informs both character and conduct |
| Importance Of Ethics | Significant in our understanding and undertaking of our role in society |
| Building Blocks For Moral Wisdom | Ethics requires awareness, knowledge, sensitivity, and humility |
| Ethics Represents | A way of thinking |
| Morality Constitutes | A way of acting |
| Ethics | The art and science of morals (what people ought or ought not to do) |
| Moral | Customs bespeaking moral values and principles, beliefs and behaviors |
| Right | Straight line, standard, righteous (from the Hebrew sedukah), acting in the right way especially in terms of being faithful to relationships. |
| Justice | A sacred formula or right standard beyond law, and is frequently linked with what's deemed fair, right, and even merciful |
| Law | Rules laid down or prescribed |
| Duty | What one owes to another (debt, duty, obligation) |
| Core | What is central or at the heart (indispensable) |
| Value | What one identifies as strong, significant, effective, and worthy (true and valuable) |
| Conscience | A term meaning "with science," which looks at how the mind assesses what's good and right |
| Morals | Abbreviated notation for moral values |
| Morality | What is good, right, beneficial, and desirable in the realm of human character and conduct |
| Moral | Identifies character or conduct as being good and right |
| Immoral | Denotes character or conduct that is evil or at least wrong |
| Amoral | Designates that thoughts or actions were undertaken without any reference to what's good and right |
| Ethics vs Morality | Ethics is how we think, morality is how we act |
| Varieties Of Ethics | Descriptive, Critical, Normative, and Applied |
| Cases | Focus on individuals and relationships (personal ethics) |
| Issues | Focus on society and the public (social ethics) |
| Principles | Guidelines that seek the good |
| Substance | Particulars at work |