Statistics for normative ethical theories

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
NATURAL MORAL LAW created by	thomas aquinas	100%
in which century	13th	50%
how many moral virtues are there?	12	0%
how many conditions does the principle have	4	0%
SITUATION ETHICS context- era	60s	0%
fletcher, in addition to the 4 presuppositions had ?	6 propositions	0%
how many intellectual virtues are there?	9	0%
explanation	act must not be morally bad	0%
what can be used to calculate the amount of love generated by an action	agapeic calculus	0%
why is the first precept something that humans share with all other substances?	all things have a natural desire to keep existing	0%
what is the main summary of it?	always wrong to do a bad act with good consequences, sometimes okay to do a good act with bad consequences	0%
who do humans have the 2nd and 3rd precepts in common with?	animals	0%
quote about benefits and society	"a person should reap the benefits from society according to what he sows for it"	0%
quote about pragmatism from william james	a pragmatist turns his back on fixed principles	0%
proportionalism dictates that you should never go against certain moral rules without?	a proportionate reason	0%
like?	archers hitting a target	0%
VIRTUE ETHICS created by	Aristotle	0%
natural moral law developed from whos ideas?	aristotle	0%
explanation cont.	bad effect can be forseen but must not be intended	0%
explanation	bad effect must be an unintentional side effect	0%
but the telos of all humanity is?	beatific vision	0%
example 1	bonhoeffers assasination plan	0%
3 major types of happiness	bovine, honour seekers, contemplative	0%
example	British intelligence in ww2	0%
it is neo casuistry, meaning	case based and circumstance dependent	0%
what type of ethical system?	character based	0%
agape	Christian selfless love	0%
aristotle believes moral virtue should not be evaluated over a short period, but rather over someone's?	complete life	0%
fletcher also emphasizes the importance of ?	conscience	0%
which is the intellectual virtue of?	contemplation	0%
to develop we must?	control our emotions and behaviour	0%
virtuous development in order to?	correct our fallen nature	0%
such as?	courage patience modesty	0%
controversy around the idea that secondary precepts are?	culturally relative	0%
it must involve?	deliberation and choice	0%
proper intention does not include motivators like?	desire wish opinion	0%
synderesis rule	do good and avoid evil	0%
justice demands?	equality	0%
four fold divisions	eternal law, divine law, natural moral law, human law	0%
divine law definition	eternal law revealed through special revelation	0%
and viewed human purpose as?	eudaimonia	0%
aristotle believed human telos is?	eudaimonia	0%
explanation	evil is not made a means to obtain good effect	0%
which lie between?	excess and deficiency	0%
3 theological virtues	faith hope love	0%
who said this?	father pinckaers	0%
but aquinas and natural moral law view human purpose as?	fellowship with god	0%
who developed ?	four cardinal virtues prudence justice fortitude temperance	0%
quote about human telos and happiness	full happiness resides in the loving vision of god	0%
example	gisella pearl	0%
eternal law definition	gods laws of creation	0%
but it is an apparent good as	goes against precepts	0%
explanation	good effect should be at least proportionate to the evil	0%
moral virtues are developed by?	habit	0%
aristotle believed virtuous behaviour could become a?	habit through practise	0%
supreme happiness =	happiness for the community not the individual	0%
significance?	hippie movement, sexual revolution, promotion of peace	0%
proportionalist scholars	hoose and janssens	0%
our telos on earth is ?	human flourishing	0%
situationism	inbetween legalism and antinomianism	0%
they said modern day versions of NML were too?	inflexible	0%
the rational soul has?	intellectual virtues	0%
(2)	intention of the moral agent	0%
which can only be achieved?	in the afterlife	0%
so, no acts are ?	intrinsically evil	0%
why are all the other precepts based from the synderesis rule?	it is the main guiding principle	0%
positivism	knowing gods love	0%
human law	legal system	0%
but not acceptable to?	lie to save someone from death	0%
3	love and justice are the same	0%
6	love decides there and then	0%
2	love is the only norm	0%
5	love justifies the means	0%
1	love only is always good	0%
4	loving is not liking	0%
second condition	means-end	0%
2 types of virtues	moral and intellectual	0%
and encourages	moral growth	0%
the non rational soul has ?	moral virtues	0%
example 2	mother maria	0%
human law should not contradict?	natural moral law	0%
natural moral law	natural sense of right and wrong	0%
first condition	nature of the act	0%
wrote several books on ethics including?	nicomachean ethics	0%
example of secondary precept for reproduction	no contraception	0%
antinomianism	no laws governing human behaviour, ad hoc	0%
example of secondary precept for ordered society	no theft	0%
as?	one swallow doesnt make a spring	0%
William Temple quote	only one ultimate and invariable duty, love thy neighbour	0%
personalism	people focused	0%
for example?	philanthropy for fame is not true morality	0%
and found through?	phronesis	0%
such as?	phronesis , episteme , eubolia	0%
who was aristotles teacher?	plato	0%
things may be legal in some countries but go against the precepts eg	polygamy	0%
in order to achieve this end we must?	practise	0%
4 presuppositions	pragmatism relativism positivism personalism	0%
primary precepts	preservation of innocent life, reproduction, educate children, worship god , ordered society	0%
what in necessary to carry out a virtuous action?	proper intention	0%
fourth condition	proportionality	0%
acts only become valued when you consider both (1)	proportion of value to disvalue	0%
4 cardinal virtues	prudence justice fortitude temperance	0%
there are 2 aspects to the human soul	rational and non rational	0%
choice means?	rational deliberation	0%
aquinas believed in 2 types of good	real and apparent	0%
discovered through?	reason	0%
golden mean is?	relative to each individual	0%
relativism	relativity to the situation	0%
and we can know how virtuous we are through?	responding spontaneously to situations	0%
third condition	right intention	0%
exterior acts are only good if accompanied by?	right intention	0%
relationship between primary and secondary precepts?	secondary precepts are derived from primary precepts	0%
what must you be about your actions?	self reflective	0%
legalism	set of absolute rules and regulations	0%
eg, adultery can feel like a real good because of	short term pleasure	0%
apparent good	something that appears good but does not fit with God’s intended purpose	0%
stages of finding the golden mean?	sophron akrate enkrate	0%
born ?	stagira, greece 384 bc	0%
proportionalism aquinas said it was acceptable to ?	steal bread for starving family	0%
Joesph Flecter's foreword to Situation Ethics contain an anecdote of ?	st louis bus story	0%
example of a solider	suicide is a good act in self sacrifice	0%
what text is the quote from?	summa theologica	0%
virtue developed from pleasure	temperance	0%
and you aim for?	the golden mean	0%
and that the ultimate aim is?	the greatest good	0%
a good government instils	the highest moral standards in its citizens	0%
when deciding if an action is moral/immoral you need to consider?	the intention of the moral agent	0%
Paul Tillich quote	the law of love is the ultimate law because it is the negation of the law	0%
however, while the primary precepts are absolute, the secondary precepts can be more flexible quote from Aquinas	the natural law is altogether unchangeable in its first principles, but in its secondary principles may be changed in some particular cases of rare occurrence	0%
if intention is ignored, you can only consider?	the ontic goodness of the act	0%
aristotle concludes that good life for humans=	theoria	0%
what does Aquinas use to discuss the legality of killing in self defence?	the principle of double effect	0%
the moral of which being?	there are times when a man has to push his principles aside and do the right thing	0%
quote about proportionalist reaction to aquinas	they have "pointed out the inconsistency and invalidity of such thinking"	0%
kevin kelly on NML	too deontologically focused	0%
real good	truly good and works with God’s purpose	0%
pleasure definition	unimpeded activity of a natural condition	0%
the 4th and 5th precepts are?	unique to humans	0%
Robert Louden-	VE doesn’t provide answers to moral dilemmas when virtues clash	0%
but rejects conventional ideas about it and says its a ?	verb not a noun, prospective not retrospective	0%
who developed his theory based on?	virtue	0%
only what kind of actions can be virtuous?	voluntary	0%
moral decisions are based on?	what best serves love	0%
pragmatism	what is practical	0%
aristotles definition of injustice	when someone does soemthing wrong for their advantage	0%
example	wilderness road	0%