Exam 1: An Overview of Ethics

Ethics is __________ instead of __________.

Our efforts to make moral decisions can be frustrated by __________.

A __________ is an obligation that is based on a relationship or that results from one's station in life.

Philosophers and ethicists do not agree on whether there is an objective __________.

One way of making ethical decisions is to consider what is the highest __________ in life.

Should ethics be focused on achieving an ultimate goal or movement from a basic obligation? How does the focus change the framework for thinking about the morality of an action?

Teleological theories are concerned and directed toward what quality or thing?

What society considers to be good and bad has changed over time. Think of three examples of things that were at one time considered immoral but are not common social practice. How does that fluctuation affect the study of ethics?

Advertising, family, and political parties are all examples of __________.

Why is the ultimate question of Christian ethics not "What do I think?" but "What action shall I take?"

One difficulty in Christian ethics is the lack of __________.

__________ theories are concerned with movement away from a basic obligation.

Ethics questions are focused on norms and standards. Social scientists consider the results of actions. Compare the concerns of ethicists and social scientists. How are their jobs similar? Dissimilar?

Which of these situations is an example of changing perceptions about what is right and wrong?

Christian ethics assumes that human beings have free will. How does free will impact discussion of social problems like poverty?

How to help new immigrants is an example of a __________.

The idea that the universe is __________ is an assumption of Christian ethics.

For Christian ethicists, the ultimate question is "What __________ should I take?"

Although morals and ethics are sometimes used interchangeably, "morals" refers to a __________.

The basic nature of Christian ethics is defined by their __________.