Exam 1: Ethics and the Examined Life

Not thinking too deeply or too systematically about ethical concerns:

If you say that killing in self-defense is morally permissible,then you are implying that:

If we say that a sports car is good,we mean that it is:

Ethics is the:

Believing that you can establish all your moral beliefs by consulting your feelings is an example of:

When believers in the same religion disagree about whether an act is morally permissible,they may be able to resolve the conflict through:

The principle of universalizability is exemplified when:

Leibniz,the great theistic philosopher,rejects the divine command theory,declaring that it:

In arguing against the divine command theory,many critics insist that:

The dominance of moral norms suggests that if a speed limit on a highway conflicts with a person's moral duty to rush a dying man to the hospital,then:

Normative ethics is the:

The preeminence of reason refers to the:

Moral reasoning can be usefully applied to both religious and secular moral codes because:

When religious adherents claim that murder is wrong because God says that it is,they are implicitly espousing the:

Descriptive ethics is the:

Critical reasoning is the:

Morality refers to:

Accurately describing the moral codes and ethical standards of colonial America is a typical task in:

Ethics shows us:

Questions such as "Was the abortion permissible?" or "Was this instance of mercy killing immoral?" are the concern of: