Difference between revisions of "Major Ethics Course Questions"
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# What are the major theoretical approaches to ethics from philosophers? What use are these theories? | # What are the major theoretical approaches to ethics from philosophers? What use are these theories? | ||
# To what extent does our psychology and identity explain our political orientation, moral beliefs,and behavior? | # To what extent does our psychology and identity explain our political orientation, moral beliefs,and behavior? | ||
| − | # To what extent is | + | # To what extent is our morality determined by cultural processes? |
| + | # 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? | ||
# What is justice? | # What is justice? | ||
| − | # | + | # Are there limits to the partiality I should show to my family and friends? |
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# Are there “basic liberties”? How are they identified? Is access to abortion services one of them? | # Are there “basic liberties”? How are they identified? Is access to abortion services one of them? | ||
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# Is empathy important for a moral person to cultivate? | # Is empathy important for a moral person to cultivate? | ||
| − | # Are we really as responsible for our behavior (including praise and blame behavior) as we think? | + | # Are we really as responsible for our behavior (including praise and blame behavior) as we think? How should we treat people who violate the law? |
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- What are moral values and where do they come from?
- What kind of theory is a moral theory?
- What are the major theoretical approaches to ethics from philosophers? What use are these theories?
- To what extent does our psychology and identity explain our political orientation, moral beliefs,and behavior?
- To what extent is our morality determined by cultural processes?
- 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?
- What is justice?
- Are there limits to the partiality I should show to my family and friends?
- Are there “basic liberties”? How are they identified? Is access to abortion services one of them?
- Is empathy important for a moral person to cultivate?
- Are we really as responsible for our behavior (including praise and blame behavior) as we think? How should we treat people who violate the law?
