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LES 305 EXAM 1CLARK QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS!!
LES 305
Evatee 10/12/24 LES 305
,LES 305 EXAM 1 CLARK QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS!!
Ethics Answer - Manner by which one lives one's life according to a standard of
right or wrong behavior
- In both how one thinks and behaves towards others and how one would like
them to think and behave towards others
Factors That Influence Ethics Answer - - One's upbringing
- One's religion
- One's social traditions and beliefs
- Society: Structured community of people bound together by similar traditions
and customs
Understanding Right and Wrong Answer - Moral Standards: Principles by which
judgments are made about good and bad behavior based on:
1. Religious Beliefs
2. Cultural Beliefs
- Culture: Particular set of attitudes, beliefs, and practices that characterize a
group of individuals
3) Philosophical Beliefs
Source of Beliefs Answer - Family and friends
Ethnic Background
Religion
School
,Media
Personal role models and mentors
Morality: Collection of influences built over a person's life
** Sources add up to morality
How Should One Live? Answer - - Standards of ethical behavior are absorbed
by osmosis from everyone around
- Ethical behavior can be based on religious morality or experience of human
existence
- Morals and values: Set of personal principles by which one aims to live one's
life
- Value System: Set of personal principles formalized into a code of behavior
Intrinsic Value Answer - Quality by which a value is a good thing in itself ->
Pursued for its own sake, whether anything comes from that pursuit or not (Ex:
happiness, health, self-respect)
Instrumental Value Answer - Quality by which the pursuit of one's value is a
good way to reach another value (Ex: money is valued for what it can buy
rather than for itself)
Value Conflicts Answer - - Impact of a value system on individuals is how much
their daily lives are influenced by those values
- Occur when one is presented with a situation that places one's value system
in direct conflict with an action
- Personal Value System: Specific choices and responses to a situation by an
individual
The Golden Rule Answer - - Do unto others as you would have them do unto
you
, - Problem with the rule is the assumption that others would follow the same
principles as one would do
Ethical Theories Answer - Virtue Ethics, Utilitarianism, Universal Ethics
Virtue Ethics Answer - - Living one's life according to a commitment to the
achievement of a clear ideal
- Criticism: societies can place different emphasis on different virtues
Utilitarianism Answer - - Ethical choices that offer the greatest good for the
greatest number of people
- Criticism: idea that the ends justify the means
Universal Ethics Answer - - Actions that are taken out of duty and obligation to
a purely moral idea rather than based on the needs of the situation (Universal
principles are seen to apply to everyone, everywhere, all the time)
- Criticism: Reverse of the weakness in ethics for the greater good
Ethical Relativism Answer - Traditions of one's society, one's personal opinions,
and the circumstances of the present moment define one's ethical principles
- Implies some degree of flexibility as opposed to strict black and white rules
- Offers the comfort of being a part of the ethical majority in the community or
society
Ethical Dilemmas Answer - - Situations where there are no obvious right or
wrong decisions, but rather a right or right answer
- Occurs when the decision one must make requires one to make a right choice
knowing full well that one is: leaving an equally right choice undone or likely to
suffer something bad as a result of that choice
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