Chapter 1: Socrates Ethics Overview
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What is the main focus of meta-ethics?

  • Justification of moral truths
  • Meaning and epistemological foundations of moral statements (correct)
  • Study of moral language
  • Application of ethics to concrete moral issues
  • Which ethical theory provides moral justification for the goodness or evilness of an action?

  • Natural law ethics (correct)
  • Duty ethics
  • Utilitarian ethics
  • Virtue ethics
  • According to Stumpf and Fieser (2008), what was the chief concern in relating human behavior to the order of laws?

  • Maintaining world order (correct)
  • Harmony in man's path
  • Understanding moral language
  • Moral truth validation
  • What does theological ethics rely on to determine morality?

    <p>Divine revelation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does Stoic Philosophy emphasize about God's presence in the world?

    <p>To bring about order</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the central belief of Judeo-Christian tradition regarding why man should be good?

    <p>Because man was created good by a good creator</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main concern of ethics?

    <p>Determining the morality of human action</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Abel (1994), what does ethics (morality) focus on?

    <p>The kind of person one is</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What tone do moral prescriptions usually hold?

    <p>Moralistic</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does normative ethics specifically deal with?

    <p>Establishing standards for behavior</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In ethics, what does Latin term 'mores' mean?

    <p>Custom (singular)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the quote by Socrates 'Do the gods love an act because it is pious, or is it pious because the gods love it?' relate to?

    <p>The source of morality</p> Signup and view all the answers

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