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Ethics Ch. 1
Ethics. Ch. 1
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Economics
8th Grade
01/15/2012

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Ethics is important why?
Definition
its  about your vaules and your own belifs and our vaules deterimnted the chocies we make chocies determine our character chocies determine our destiny
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Ethics is a code of vaules taht guide our choices and determine the purpsose and course of our lives
Definition
Ayn Rand
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Values
Definition

principles that we hold to be guiding or true vaules inform our decisions and chocies therfore our behavior

 

Term
Ethics
Definition
standards of duty and virtue that indicate we should behave
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standards
Definition
set points by which we measure things. Ethics seeks to set standards or set set points by which we can determine the rightness or wrongness of our action and the action of others
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Duty
Definition
LEGITIMATE obligation. civilzation depends upon peoople fulfilling their legitmate obligation to others
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Virtue
Definition
a POSTIVE quality of character of a postive action that whcih could be defined as morally good
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Vice
Definition
a NEGATIVE quality of character or a negative action that could be defined as morally bad or evil
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Virtue
Definition
a POSTIVE character  or a postive action that which could be defined as morally good
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Ethics is a part
Definition
a part of human experience where individuals and societies seek to define what is GOOD BEAUTIFUL and TRUE.
Term

everyone has a ______ system. some possess a system that is ________ and understand

others ________ and Ethical ______ system that they havent really thought ________ or questioned.

Definition
to be fully human one need to be _________ aware of the core vaules that they are building their lives upon. Socrates stated " the _______ life is not worth living.
Term
Knowledge
Definition
there  are various ethical systems and a body of knowledge concerning ethics that are inportant for us to know understand
Term
Practice
Definition
simply possessing ethical knowledge is not enough. we must practice the good that we know
Term
we will be confronted with being hypocritical to our vaules and belifs or hypocritical to our emotions and desires.
Definition
Our Chocies but poor judgement to regard to our chocies.
Term

Examine the ____ itself

Consider the ___________________ on all of the _________ empacted by chocies  

Definition

consider the _______________ tha act

apply all relevant __________ princles

Ethics is a study a ________ the greatest teachers and thinkers throughout human history have applied their applied their intellect to the study and advancement of Ethical ________

 

Term
Exclusivism
Definition
is "one" truth and i possess it my wat should be excluted
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Pluralism
Definition
all thics, vaules systems and religion are true
Term
Inclusivism
Definition

there is a truth but truth maybe found in many places respect all religion.

"ethics is bigger than religion" even none religious people have ethical system or have vaules everyone has ethics seek to the know the truth who ever it maybe found.

Term
the list would enclude Plato Socratres aristotle, St. Thomas Aquinas, Confucious, Buddhas, Jesus. Mohammed and modern thinkers.
Definition
Religious or revelation ethics and Secular or spaculative Ethics.
Term

Religious Ethics.

 

Based  upon a belief in the existence Of God. these Belifes may be very ________ by all people in some deity or first source creator God

Definition
Based upon Revelation from God.  the Bible or Koran ancient writings or oral traditions. all religons depened upond religous revelation. God has ______ moral and_________ truth to man.
Term
Accepts that there ______or _______ absolutes. Moral absolutes are vaules and ethical standards that apply.
Definition
Term
Teaches that human beings are morally accountable not just to one another but ultimately to ________ for their ___________ chocies and actions.
Definition

The ultimate authority in religious ethics is ________ and His ________ as understood through the agency of human reason and human________. ( try to interpet the best we can)

 

Term
Basic question in religious ethics has always been" what is ________ and __________."
Definition

Secular or Speculatice Ethics


Based upon Human _______________ and _________ man becomes the ultimate authority in determining right from wrong.

Term

Views existence Of Godas being either

a. irrelevant

b. Man's creation- God's idea doesnt exist in reality out side man's mind

Definition

Athesim----- God doesnt exist

 

1. professing Atheists- minority

 

2. Practicing Atheists- people who live who dont think about God

 

what is the perentage of Atheist

(1-5%)

Term
Nihilism
Definition
life has no meaning
Term
existentialism
Definition
only to live with out passion you create life for yourself
Term
Hedonism
Definition
Greatest Personal Seek Person Pelesval
Term
Utilitarism
Definition
good is defined by the action resuts to the greates and the good number
Term

unknowable by man and therfore questionable

 

Definition
Term
Agnosticism
Definition
questions the existence of God, " i simply dont know whether God, exists or not.
Term
Denies existence of _________ abslutes. rather they view moral "truth" as determined by indivduals  with their culture cicumstances and time. right and wrong will change over time Moral bsolutes become moral __________
Definition

moral

prefrences

 

Term
Basic question in secular ethics " does ___________ and ________________ even exist?"
Definition
Right and wrong
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World View

 

Definition

set of beliefs held by every individual either conscioulsly ( infromed) or unconsciouly ( unifomred)  about the basic meanings of the world self others. and life. ITs is a _________ scheme throught which people interpret reality

Everyone has a World View. but not everyone is _________ of their world view.

Term

Why did some people in the world rejoice and dance in the streets when 9-11 happen and why did some mourn and become enraged

 

Definition
Different worldviews
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Worldview
Definition
are based on ________________: ideas or vaules that we ssume to be true prior to action upon them or building upon them
"pre" means before
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World Views
Definition
1. parents- greatest teacher must import and source
2. society
3. Religion
4. peers/ friends
5. education
6. cultural influesnces/ media- television and neautral when it comes to values
Term
Why is world views Important
Definition
1. help us shape our view of reality
2.make sense of our world
3. helps us understand our self
4. help us undertsand others.
Term
What are people who called or question or doubt God existence
Definition
Term
What are people called who question or doubt God's existence
Definition
Term
Who is the ultimate authority in secular ethics
Definition
Term
what is moral absolute
Definition
Term
why is our character important
Definition
Term
the majority of ethical decisions we have to make are
Definition
Term
problme for people isnt much knowing right and wrong
Definition
Term
to detenine whether an act is ethically right or not one must consider the action itself consequences and what else
Definition
Term
true or false
ethics is bigger than religion
Definition
Term
explain religion ethics sometime called revelation ethics
Definition
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