Unit 4: Optional theme — Ethics
Topic 4.1: Normative ethics Questions
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The three families become interesting to compare mainly when they:
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A recognised blind spot of consequentialism is that it:
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For Bentham, whose happiness counts when you add it up?
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Normative ethics is the study of:
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Kant's categorical imperative tells you to:
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A theory that judges an act by the OUTCOME it brings belongs to which family?
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A top-band Section B 'Evaluate' answer on ethics:
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The main skill this synthesis micro asks for is:
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Deontology holds that an act's rightness depends on:
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The Confucian idea of ren and early Buddhist character-cultivation both show that:
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Mohist consequentialism (ancient China) judged actions by:
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Divine command theory says an act is right because:
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Virtue ethics flips the usual question to ask:
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A 'categorical' imperative differs from a 'hypothetical' one because it:
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Deontology locates the rightness of an act in:
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On Kant's test, why is lying to get a loan forbidden?
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Virtue ethics says a right act is one that:
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True or false? For Bentham, your own happiness counts for no more than a stranger's when you weigh up an act.
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True or false? Normative ethics asks how we SHOULD act, not just how people DO act.
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The Indian idea of dharma is closest to which family?
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