Ethics Final

Quiz Type

Multiple Choices

Quiz Level

Intermediate

INTRO. TO ETHICS REVIEW FOR FINAL EXAM Cultural Relativism Divine Command Theory Natural Law Theory Ayn Rand (Ethical Egoist) Burton Leiser on homosexuality Ethical Egoism and Psychological egoism Slippery Slope Argument Andrew Sullivan on gay marriage Thomson on abortion Good Samaritan Laws Cultural Differences Argument Rachels’s Minimum Conception of Morality Don Marquis on abortion Simple Subjectivism Emotivism Utilitarianism (a consequentialist ethic) Kantianism (a deontological ethic) Peter Singer Tibor R. Machan Criticisms of Utilitarianism (as well as possible utilitarian responses) Two formulations of Kant’s categorical imperative (universal law formulation and the formula of the end-in-itself/means-end).