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An example within ______ is: 'How can we know what is right and wrong?'
An example within ______ is: 'How can we know what is right and wrong?'
metaethics
Some individuals may say that right and wrong are dictated by holy books, or philosophy books, or political books, or by popular ______, but there is not yet a good explanation within philosophy that can illustrate the origins and nature of right and wrong that is acceptable to everyone.
Some individuals may say that right and wrong are dictated by holy books, or philosophy books, or political books, or by popular ______, but there is not yet a good explanation within philosophy that can illustrate the origins and nature of right and wrong that is acceptable to everyone.
speakers
______ ethics is concerned in determining the content of our moral behavior.
______ ethics is concerned in determining the content of our moral behavior.
Normative
It basically takes ______ to measure and discuss about whether ethics is relative and whether we always act from self-interest are examples of metaethical discussions.
It basically takes ______ to measure and discuss about whether ethics is relative and whether we always act from self-interest are examples of metaethical discussions.
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Normative ethical theories seek to provide action-guides; procedures for answering the question such as 'what ______ I to do?'.
Normative ethical theories seek to provide action-guides; procedures for answering the question such as 'what ______ I to do?'.
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Examples of behaviors that are judged as right or wrong in Normative Ethics are honesty, ______, and stealing.
Examples of behaviors that are judged as right or wrong in Normative Ethics are honesty, ______, and stealing.
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The behaviors being judged by Normative Ethics are actions that have already occurred and are then being interpreted by the observer to be 'honesty,' 'lying,' or ______.
The behaviors being judged by Normative Ethics are actions that have already occurred and are then being interpreted by the observer to be 'honesty,' 'lying,' or ______.
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It is a weakness within the human manner of ______ thought to observe the result of an action, to then place a name upon the endproduct, and to then believe that the end-product is a singularity that is self-defined by the name given to the action.
It is a weakness within the human manner of ______ thought to observe the result of an action, to then place a name upon the endproduct, and to then believe that the end-product is a singularity that is self-defined by the name given to the action.
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Normative Ethics are actions that have already occurred and are then being interpreted by the ______ to be 'honesty,' 'lying,' or others.
Normative Ethics are actions that have already occurred and are then being interpreted by the ______ to be 'honesty,' 'lying,' or others.
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Normative ethical theories seek to provide action-guides; procedures for answering the question such as 'what ought ______ to do?'.
Normative ethical theories seek to provide action-guides; procedures for answering the question such as 'what ought ______ to do?'.
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