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What is the main concern when facing an ethical issue?
What is the main concern when facing an ethical issue?
- Ensuring persons' beneficence
- Determining truth values of moral propositions
- Understanding normative ethics
- Respecting conflicting values (correct)
What is the focus of normative ethics?
What is the focus of normative ethics?
- Understanding moral propositions
- Determining ethical obligations
- Exploring theoretical meanings
- Justifying fundamental principles (correct)
Which branch of ethics deals with determining a moral course of action?
Which branch of ethics deals with determining a moral course of action?
- Deontological theories
- Meta-ethics
- Normative ethics (correct)
- Applied ethics
Which field of ethics deals with specific ethical questions related to a professional domain?
Which field of ethics deals with specific ethical questions related to a professional domain?
What does meta-ethics primarily focus on within philosophical ethics?
What does meta-ethics primarily focus on within philosophical ethics?
Which area does not fall under the subset of applied ethics?
Which area does not fall under the subset of applied ethics?
What is the main concern when facing an ethical issue?
What is the main concern when facing an ethical issue?
Which branch of philosophical ethics focuses on how we understand and talk about what is right and wrong?
Which branch of philosophical ethics focuses on how we understand and talk about what is right and wrong?
What does normative ethics aim to articulate and justify?
What does normative ethics aim to articulate and justify?
Which field of ethics is concerned with specific ethical questions in professional or practical fields?
Which field of ethics is concerned with specific ethical questions in professional or practical fields?
What does meta-ethics question about moral propositions?
What does meta-ethics question about moral propositions?
Which area falls under the subset of applied ethics?
Which area falls under the subset of applied ethics?
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Study Notes
Ethical Issues
- An ethical issue arises when there are conflicting values, beliefs, goals, or responsibilities.
- An ethical issue arises when persons or their rights are not being respected.
- An ethical issue arises when there are concerns about the well-being of persons (beneficence).
- An ethical issue arises when there are concerns about justice and fairness.
- An ethical issue arises when it's unclear what to do or why, morally speaking.
Branches of Ethics
Meta-Ethics
- Concerned with the theoretical meaning and reference of moral propositions.
- Concerned with how to determine the truth values of moral propositions.
Normative Ethics
- Concerned with articulating and justifying fundamental principles that govern moral behavior.
- Concerned with how to determine a moral course of action.
- Includes virtue ethics, deontological theories, and utilitarianism.
Applied Ethics
- Concerned with ethical questions specific to a professional, disciplinary, or practical field.
- Subsets include medical ethics, bioethics, business ethics, legal ethics, environmental ethics, and others.
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