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Know the following terms, concepts, advantages, and criticism from class
lectures:
1. General definition of Virtue Ethics
2. General definition of Deontological Ethics
3. General definition of Consequential Ethics
4. The word, “Virtue”
5. The term, “Eudaimonia” and its three English translations.
6. Akratic
7. Enkratic
8. Greek word, “deon.”
9. Greek word, “arête.”
10. The Golden Mean
11. Phronesis
12. Habits
13. Aristotle’s definition of “Habit “
14. Utilitarianism
15. What is Natural Law? Describe Natural Law?
16. Know the three formulations of the categorical imperative:
17. Socrates’ view of virtue: knowledge = virtue.
18. Plato’s concept of virtue: well-ordered soul vs. a disordered soul.
19. What are the two reasons Plato gives for our failure to do what is right?
20. Unpack Plato’s view of the soul as it relates to the city-state. What are the three parts
of the soul? Why is reason to be in control?
21. Aristotle’s view of virtue
22. What is a vice?
23. Know the general advantages of and criticisms made against deontological ethics
24. Know the general advantages of and criticisms made against virtue ethics
25. What is significant about Plato’s Meno?
26. What is significant about Plato’s Republic? Why is this book important?
27. What is significant about Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics?
28. What is significant about G.E.M. Anscombe? What did she do?
29. What is the Categorical Imperative?
30. Be able to identify all three formulations of the Categorical Imperative?
31. What is an perfect duty?
32. What is an imperfect duty?
33. How does actually do Kantian ethics
34. How does one actually develop virtue ethics?
35. What is Intuitionism?
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B.
Regarding your reading by Pojman, use the table of contents as a guide to help
you know the major topics, terms, people, and answers to the main questions
raised in chapters 1, 2, 8, 4, and 7:
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Chapter 1: Why do we need morality?
A reflection on Lord of the Flies
Why do we need morality?
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A Hobbesian Account
The purposes of Morality
The nature of moral principles:
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Prescriptively
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Universalizability
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Overridingness
d.
Publicity
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Practicability
Conclusion
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Chapter 2: Why Should I be Moral? Is the Good Good for You?
The Egoist and the Altruist
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The Religious Answer
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The Socratic Answer
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The Existentialist Answer
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The Rationalist Split-Level Answer
The Ayn Rand Argument for the Virtue of Selfishness
The Paradox of Egoism
The Prisoner’s Dilemma
The Quasi Moralist?
Evolution and Altruism: The Parable of the Birds
Conclusion
Chapter 8: Virtue-Based Ethical Theory:
Aretaic Ethics
The Aretatic Critique of Action-Based Ethics
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Action-based ethics lack a motivational component
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Action based ethics often ignore the spiritual dimensions of ethics
Aristotle’s Virtue Ethics
What is the relationship between Virtue and Principles?
Chapter 4: The Case for Ethical Objectivism:
Twenty Moral Questions
Natural Law
Moderate Objectivism
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The Core Morality
Conclusion
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Chapter 7: Deontological Ethics: Intuitionism and Kantian Ethics:
Rule-Deontological System:
Kant’s Rule-Deontological System
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Categorical Imperative
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An Analysis of the First Formulation
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Kant’s Second Formulation
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Kant’s Third forumulation
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An Assessment of Kant’s System
What is a hypothetical Imperative (pg. 145)?
What is intuitionism? (pg.138).
Once again, from Pojman, use table of contents from this book to prepare for exam.
Know the major ideas in each section as referred to by table of contents. Look for words
that are in bold, words that are emphasized, repeated, related, alike, and unalike. Don’t
get bogged down by meticulous details. You will discover that my lecture material and
Pojman are interrelated.
You will need a scantron 882 E and a number 2 pencil. You will have multiple choice,
true/false, and/or perhaps matching. Also, bring blue book.
The test will be straightforward. It will demonstrate your skills in being to recognize and
evaluate the major ideas, concepts, and systems of ethics that we have covered so far in
this class. You will soon discover as you prepare that these ideas are interrelated.
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