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    1.when We Claim That Good Consequences Make An Ac On Right We Are Responding With: A U Litarian Answer

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    Utilitarianism holds that an action is right if its consequences promote the greatest balance of good over bad for all affected. It emphasizes consequences over moral obligations. Utilitarianism considers everyone's interests, whereas ethical egoism focuses only on self-interest. Valid criticisms of act utilitarianism include that it does not allow for quick decisions and utility is difficult to measure. Kantian ethics judges morality based on motives and duties rather than consequences. It proposes the categorical imperative - that moral rules must be universally applicable. Virtue ethics focuses on ideal human attributes and the question of personal character.

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    Utilitarianism holds that an action is right if its consequences promote the greatest balance of good over bad for all affected. It emphasizes consequences over moral obligations. Utilitarianism considers everyone's interests, whereas ethical egoism focuses only on self-interest. Valid criticisms of act utilitarianism include that it does not allow for quick decisions and utility is difficult to measure. Kantian ethics judges morality based on motives and duties rather than consequences. It proposes the categorical imperative - that moral rules must be universally applicable. Virtue ethics focuses on ideal human attributes and the question of personal character.

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    Utilitarianism holds that an action is right if its consequences promote the greatest balance of good over bad for all affected. It emphasizes consequences over moral obligations. Utilitarianism considers everyone's interests, whereas ethical egoism focuses only on self-interest. Valid criticisms of act utilitarianism include that it does not allow for quick decisions and utility is difficult to measure. Kantian ethics judges morality based on motives and duties rather than consequences. It proposes the categorical imperative - that moral rules must be universally applicable. Virtue ethics focuses on ideal human attributes and the question of personal character.

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    Chapter 3.

    1.When we claim that good


    consequences make an acon
    right we are responding with:
    A ulitarian answer
    2.Carol Gilligan argues that in moral
    views, men usually emphasize rights
    and
    principles, whereas women
    emphasize and place more
    importance on:
    The relaonships among the
    actors
    3.What is term for the moral doctrine
    that we should always act to promote
    the greatest possible balance of good
    over bad for everyone a3ected by our
    actions?
    Ulitarianism
    4.One similarity between Act
    Ulitarianism and Rule
    Ulitarianism is that:
    Both emphasize ends or
    consequences over moral
    obligaon
    5.Ethical decision making should
    involve all but which one of the
    following steps?
    Use intuion to compare all
    possible soluons
    6.What is an important di4erence
    between ulitarianism and
    ethical egoism?
    Utilitarianism says we should consider
    everyone's interests, whereas ethical
    egoism says
    people should act in their own self-
    interest.
    7.Which of the following are valid
    cricisms of act ulitarianism?
    We o/en have to make decisions
    more quickly than act
    ulitarianism would allow
    Ulity is a di1cult objecve to
    measure
    ORQUIA, ANNDHREA S.
    BSA-22
    ETHICS
    Activity 2

    Chapter 3.

    1. When we claim that good consequences make an action right, we are responding with:
    A utilitarian answer

    2. Carol Gilligan argues that in moral views, men usually emphasize rights and principles, whereas
    women emphasize and place more importance on
    The relationships among the actor.

    3. What is term for the moral doctrine that we should always act to promote the greatest possible
    balance of good over bad for everyone affected by our actions?
    Utilitarianism

    4. One similarity between Act Utilitarianism and Rule Utilitarianism is that:


    Both emphasize ends or consequences over moral obligation.

    5. What is an important difference between utilitarianism and ethical egoism?


    Utilitarianism says we should consider everyone's interests, whereas ethical egoism says people
    should act in their own self-interest.

    6. What are valid criticisms of act utilitarianism?


    We often have to make decisions more quickly than act utilitarianism would allow utility is a difficult
    objective to measure

    7. What ethical theory focuses on the ends, or goals, as being more significant than the means?

    Consequentialism

    8. Utilitarian’s and Consequentialists seem to provide a very strong philosophical justification for
    the notion that we have obligations to which of the following?
    Others in our community

    9. An extension of utilitarianism to the rights of animals is based on


    Animal’s ability to feel pleasure and pain

    Chapter 4

    1. The claim that actions have true moral worth only when they spring from a recognition of duty
    and a choice to discharge it belongs to which of the following?
    Kant's ethics

    2. What was one reason Kant focused more on motives than consequences?
    Motives are within our control; not so consequences

    3. Those who advocate virtue ethics:


    Identify ideal human a8ributes to aspire to

    4. What is the categorical imperative?


    An act is immoral unless the rule that would authorize it is universally applicable

    5. What is a distinguishing feature of Kantian ethics?


    None from Belief that motives are within our control; as are consequences. Belief that motives are
    easy to analyze; not so consequences. Belief that divine will determines right and wrong. Rejection
    of human logic as a means of determining right action.

    6. Kantian ethics applies tests of


    Rationality
    Consistency
    universality

    7. Kant’s practical imperative is


    The rule that no human being should be used merely as someone else’s end.

    8. Kant reasoned that it was moral to follow the rule ‘do not break promises’ because
    A rule that authorizes the breaking of promises when it is inconvenient to keep them cannot be
    universalized
    9. What type of ethics addresses the question "who should I be?
    Virtue ethics

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