Difference between revisions of "Major Ethics Course Questions"
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# How are moral values related to other kinds of valuing that humans engage in? | # How are moral values related to other kinds of valuing that humans engage in? | ||
# What kind of theory is a moral theory? (meta-level question) | # What kind of theory is a moral theory? (meta-level question) | ||
| − | # What are the major theoretical approaches to ethics? | + | # What are the major theoretical approaches to ethics from philosophers? |
| − | # | + | # To what extent does our psychology and identity explain our political orientation, moral beliefs,and behavior? |
# To what extent is being moral about resisting our psychology vs. working with it? | # To what extent is being moral about resisting our psychology vs. working with it? | ||
# What is justice? | # What is justice? | ||
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# How are personal and political morality related? | # How are personal and political morality related? | ||
# What is political and moral difference? | # What is political and moral difference? | ||
# How should I think about and interact with people who hold very different moral, political, or religious outlooks than I do? | # How should I think about and interact with people who hold very different moral, political, or religious outlooks than I do? | ||
# Are there cultural values that most or all cultures identify with "being civilized"? | # Are there cultural values that most or all cultures identify with "being civilized"? | ||
| + | # When am I justified in being partial to my own people? | ||
| + | # Is empathy important to cultivate in being moral? | ||
| + | # Are we really as responsible for our behavior as we think? | ||
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- What are moral values and where do they come from?
- How are moral values related to other kinds of valuing that humans engage in?
- What kind of theory is a moral theory? (meta-level question)
- What are the major theoretical approaches to ethics from philosophers?
- To what extent does our psychology and identity explain our political orientation, moral beliefs,and behavior?
- To what extent is being moral about resisting our psychology vs. working with it?
- What is justice?
- How are personal and political morality related?
- What is political and moral difference?
- How should I think about and interact with people who hold very different moral, political, or religious outlooks than I do?
- Are there cultural values that most or all cultures identify with "being civilized"?
- When am I justified in being partial to my own people?
- Is empathy important to cultivate in being moral?
- Are we really as responsible for our behavior as we think?
