Exam 2: Moral Theory Selections

For Mill, bodily pleasures are inferior to (i.e., less valuable than) _________ pleasures.

An unjust society, according to John Rawls, can be roughly characterized as any society where

According to Aristotle, a happy or good life essentially involves a life of activity in accordance with _________.

According to Aquinas, _________ law is that part of God's eternal law that concerns how human beings ought to conduct themselves.

Aristotle claims that a state of character arises from the repetition of similar

Which of the following is not a prima facie duty that Ross discusses?

Mill thinks that if something is desirable, but not desirable as an end, then it must be

If moral relativism is true, one troubling implication is that

According to Timmons, it is perfectly alright to argue against moral relativism on the basis of certain moral convictions.

John Rawls argues that a just society must be one in which there are no inequalities.

According to Aristotle, happiness is complete.

According to Collins, one key claim of care ethics is that

What information is available to occupants within Rawls's original position?

The Greatest Happiness principle says that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote _________.

Ross argues that our duties are highly impersonal in nature; that is, they do not depend on our relationships to others.

According to Ross, if we have a prima facie duty to do something, then we necessarily ought to do it (i.e., we necessarily have an actual or proper duty to do it).

Aquinas denies that the conclusions that follow from the first common principles of natural law are known by all.

Ross argues that there is a single moral principle that can be used to derive all specific moral obligations.

Collins argues that we should acknowledge that _________ gives rise to weighty moral duties.

One common objection to utilitarianism is that the principle of utility is