Morally obligatory - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

ENGR 482 Final Exam Questions and Answers What is an "artifact"? - Ans:-any object intentionally created by humans What is the Common Sense View? - Ans:-man-made objects are mere tools used by humans so artifacts have no moral properties you cannot blame a bomb...the type of entities that are right/wrong are actions performed by human beings What is the Strong View? - Ans:-believes that artifacts do have moral properties What are the subsets of the Strong View? - Ans:-Bruno Latour- ...

PHIL 347 Exam 2 Complete Study Guide Questions With 100% Verified Answers Graded A+ Consequentialism an ethical system that determines the level of goodness or evil from the effect or result of an act Deontology Approach to ethics that judges the morality (right or wrong) of an action based on the action's adherence to rules. Described as duty or obligation, because rules 'binds you to your duty' Virtue Ethics An ethical philosophy claiming that morality's primary function is to deve...

Relg 2650 Final Exam Study Guide With Latest Solutions medicalization of death Refers to the process by which death and dying have become increasingly defined, understood, and managed within the framework of medical institutions and practices. key aspects of medicalization of death (1/2) 1. shift from hospital to home; in the past death often occurred at home, with family and community members providing care and support; with advances in medical tech and establishment of hospitals, proce...

PHIL 235- Biomedical Ethics Exam with complete solutions already passed passive euthanasia - Correct withdrawing or withholding of life-sustaining treatment to allow the patient to die from the underlying illness or injury Active Euthanasia - Correct direct actions that result in the patient's death, such as giving the patient a lethal injection. Physician-assisted suicide - Correct Voluntary suicide by a patient committed with the assistance of her physician Eug...

What are the four principles? correct answer: 1) Autonomy (Respecting decision making capacity) 2) Nonmaleficence (Avoiding causation of harm) 3) Beneficence (Providing benefits, balancing risks & costs) 4) Justice (Fairly distributing benefits, risks, costs) Ethics correct answer: Way of studying, examining, and understanding moral life Normative ethics correct answer: How we OUGHT to behave/do Non-normative ethics correct answer: Establishes what IS the case Descriptive non-...

PHIL 235- Biomedical Ethics Exam with complete solutions already passed passive euthanasia - Correct withdrawing or withholding of life-sustaining treatment to allow the patient to die from the underlying illness or injury Active Euthanasia - Correct direct actions that result in the patient's death, such as giving the patient a lethal injection. Physician-assisted suicide - Correct Voluntary suicide by a patient committed with the assistance of her physician Eug...

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 - "...

Normative Ethics correct answer: search for and justification of moral standards, or norms; rationally establish the proper guides for our actions and judgments; evaluative; stating what is right Meta-ethics correct answer: the study of the meaning and justification of basic moral beliefs; what does it mean for an action to be right applied ethics correct answer: the use of moral norms concepts to resolve practical moral issues; what to do in a specific case Descriptive Ethics correc...

Major Ethical Frameworks correct answer: egoism, authority-based ethics, virtue ethics, natural law, deontology, consequentialism (teleological/utilitarianism), liberal individualism/rights, communitarianism, ethics of care/feminist ethics, casuistry Mappes' 2 criteria for evaluating ethical theories correct answer: 1. implications of theory must be largely reconcilable with experience of moral life 2. must provide effective guidance where most needed, in situations where substantial mora...

According to Leslie Green, the "garbled versions of Hart's message have three sources". Correct! - Answer-True Law is but one of the countless questions concerning human society that have been asked with persistence and answered by serious thinkers. - Answer-False Laws and legal systems ARE matters of nature and artifice. - Answer-False It was very difficult for Englishmen to discern what types of laws should be obeyed. - Answer-False The most prominent general feature of l...