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What is the study of the morality of human acts and moral agents?
What is the study of the morality of human acts and moral agents?
Which branch of ethics studies the very foundation of morality itself?
Which branch of ethics studies the very foundation of morality itself?
What is the belief that there are moral facts, and moral propositions can only be true or false?
What is the belief that there are moral facts, and moral propositions can only be true or false?
Which view holds that there are absolute standards against which moral questions can be judged?
Which view holds that there are absolute standards against which moral questions can be judged?
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What kind of cultural relativism states that people's moral beliefs differ from culture to culture?
What kind of cultural relativism states that people's moral beliefs differ from culture to culture?
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Which branch of ethics asks questions about 'What is Morality' and 'What is its nature'?
Which branch of ethics asks questions about 'What is Morality' and 'What is its nature'?
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What is the belief of moral antirealism?
What is the belief of moral antirealism?
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According to normative cultural relativism, what differs from culture to culture?
According to normative cultural relativism, what differs from culture to culture?
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What is the study of ethical action and sets out the rightness or wrongness of the actions known as?
What is the study of ethical action and sets out the rightness or wrongness of the actions known as?
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Which type of standards are norms, prescriptions, or rules used in determining what ought to be done or what is right or wrong action?
Which type of standards are norms, prescriptions, or rules used in determining what ought to be done or what is right or wrong action?
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What are examples of non-moral standards also called in sociology?
What are examples of non-moral standards also called in sociology?
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According to teleological standards, what does an act that results in the general welfare indicate?
According to teleological standards, what does an act that results in the general welfare indicate?
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What does deontological standards hold the rightness or wrongness of an action depends on?
What does deontological standards hold the rightness or wrongness of an action depends on?
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What does normative ethics deal with?
What does normative ethics deal with?
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What does normative cultural relativism assert about moral beliefs?
What does normative cultural relativism assert about moral beliefs?
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What is moral antirealism's view on moral propositions?
What is moral antirealism's view on moral propositions?
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Which branch of ethics focuses on applying ethical principles and moral theories to real-life moral issues?
Which branch of ethics focuses on applying ethical principles and moral theories to real-life moral issues?
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What type of standards are rules unrelated to moral or ethical considerations and are expected by society?
What type of standards are rules unrelated to moral or ethical considerations and are expected by society?
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Which view holds that moral propositions don’t refer to objective features of the world at all and there are no moral facts?
Which view holds that moral propositions don’t refer to objective features of the world at all and there are no moral facts?
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What is the study of ethical action and sets out the rightness or wrongness of the actions known as?
What is the study of ethical action and sets out the rightness or wrongness of the actions known as?
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What does non-consequence standards in moral standards hold the rightness or wrongness of an action or rule depends on?
What does non-consequence standards in moral standards hold the rightness or wrongness of an action or rule depends on?
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According to normative cultural relativism, what differs from culture to culture?
According to normative cultural relativism, what differs from culture to culture?
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Which type of standards are norms, prescriptions, or rules used in determining what ought to be done or what is right or wrong action?
Which type of standards are norms, prescriptions, or rules used in determining what ought to be done or what is right or wrong action?
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What is the belief that moral statements can be true and false but refer only to people’s attitudes rather than their actions?
What is the belief that moral statements can be true and false but refer only to people’s attitudes rather than their actions?
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What is the law of God revealed through human reason and written in?
What is the law of God revealed through human reason and written in?
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What is TELEOLOGICAL derived from and depends on?
What is TELEOLOGICAL derived from and depends on?
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What does the word 'ethics' come from?
What does the word 'ethics' come from?
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What is the main focus of metaethics?
What is the main focus of metaethics?
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Which view holds that there are absolute standards against which moral questions can be judged?
Which view holds that there are absolute standards against which moral questions can be judged?
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What does moral realism believe in?
What does moral realism believe in?
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What does descriptive cultural relativism assert?
What does descriptive cultural relativism assert?
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What is the study of the morality of human acts and moral agents known as?
What is the study of the morality of human acts and moral agents known as?
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