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What is the consistent pattern for doing virtuous actions and is instrumental to the developments of virtue?
What is the consistent pattern for doing virtuous actions and is instrumental to the developments of virtue?
A GOOD HABIT
What is the plan of God in creating the universe and assigning a specific nature to each creature?
What is the plan of God in creating the universe and assigning a specific nature to each creature?
ETERNAL LAW
What is the ethical theory that judges whether or not something is right by what consequences are?
What is the ethical theory that judges whether or not something is right by what consequences are?
CONSEQUENTIALISM
What applies critical analysis to specific events to determine what is right or wrong, and what people ought to do in a particular situation?
What applies critical analysis to specific events to determine what is right or wrong, and what people ought to do in a particular situation?
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What is the quality of human acts by which they are constituted as good, bad, or indifferent?
What is the quality of human acts by which they are constituted as good, bad, or indifferent?
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What is the term for the quality of human acts by which they are constituted as good, bad, or indifferent?
What is the term for the quality of human acts by which they are constituted as good, bad, or indifferent?
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What is the term for the tendency of the will towards something, whether this be realizable or not?
What is the term for the tendency of the will towards something, whether this be realizable or not?
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What is the term for the norm of morality which is the standard by which actions are judged as to their merits or demerits?
What is the term for the norm of morality which is the standard by which actions are judged as to their merits or demerits?
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What is the term for an ethical theory that judges whether or not something is right by what consequences are?
What is the term for an ethical theory that judges whether or not something is right by what consequences are?
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What is the term for a normative ethical theory which denies that the rightness or wrongness of our conduct is determined solely by the goodness or badness of the consequences?
What is the term for a normative ethical theory which denies that the rightness or wrongness of our conduct is determined solely by the goodness or badness of the consequences?
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Study Notes
Ethics Terminology
- A good habit is a consistent pattern of doing virtuous actions, instrumental in developing virtue.
- Eternal law refers to the plan of God in creating the universe and assigning specific natures to each creature.
- Consequentialism is an ethical theory that judges rightness or wrongness based on consequences.
- Moral reasoning applies critical analysis to specific events to determine what is right or wrong, and what people ought to do in a particular situation.
- Morality is the quality of human acts that makes them good, bad, or indifferent.
- A wish is the tendency of the will towards something, whether realizable or not.
- Dictates of reason stand for the norm of morality, the standard by which actions are judged as to their merits or demerits.
- Non-consequentialism is a normative ethical theory that denies that the rightness or wrongness of conduct is determined solely by the goodness or badness of consequences.
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Test your knowledge on ethical theories and concepts in this midterm ethics quiz. Explore topics such as good habits, eternal law, consequentialism, and more. Challenge yourself and sharpen your understanding of ethics.
