Exam 1: Part III-Introduction: Applied Ethics

It does not seem that any one ethical theory will handle most practical moral problems. For instance, utilitarianism cannot be much help with problems that appeal to moral rights.

Which would make the best theoretical sense for resolving a Kantian dilemma?

If we attempt to combine different ethical theories, one of the conflicts we will encounter is between particularism and universalism.

We have long taken a pluralistic approach to science by dividing it into several distinct branches.

Which of the following can most readily be considered pluralistic accounts?

Pluralistic accounts view morality as needing distinct theories of morality's descriptive claims, value claims, and normative claims.

Applied ethics

Ethical pluralism views morality as

Which of the following is incorrect?

All ethical theories shed light on morals and several of them are complete and non-problematic as ethical theories.