Questions and Answers
What does the text suggest about morality?
Morality is inevitable and affects both ourselves and others.
What is the main focus of ethics according to the text?
Inquiries about right conduct and moral values
Which of the following represents a practical moral question?
Should we take away a scholarship grant from an underprivileged student due to low grades?
Why do our actions have moral implications according to the text?
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What are some examples of moral questions mentioned in the text?
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How does the text characterize ethics?
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What is the main reason we inevitably encounter moral questions in our lives?
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What does the text suggest about the nature of moral questions?
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What does the text suggest is the primary purpose of the philosophical discipline of ethics?
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Which of the following is an example of a more abstract moral question?
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What does the text suggest about the moral implications of our actions?
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Which of the following best describes the text's perspective on the prevalence of moral questions in human life?
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Study Notes
Morality and Ethics
- Morality is an inevitable reality in our lives, affecting ourselves and others positively or negatively.
- We inevitably face moral choices that may benefit or harm others.
- Our actions may promote the welfare of others, or infringe on their rights and violate their dignity.
- Moral questions vary in kind, and may be:
- Straightforwardly practical (e.g., Should we take away a scholarship grant from an underprivileged student due to a low grade?)
- More abstract (e.g., What is the ultimate good? What is justice? Is morality relative?)
- Moral questions may concern our own actions (e.g., Should I reveal the truth? Should I give to this charity?) or deal with the actions of others (e.g., Was it morally permissible for the President to make those remarks? Should the government legalize divorce or same sex marriage?)
- Ethics is a branch of philosophy that deals with humanity's inquiries about right conduct, the good life, moral values, and other related issues.
- Ethics concerns itself with questions about what the morally right thing to do is, and what things should be valued.
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