Intro to Ethics Please answer twelve (12) of the following using a word processo

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Intro to Ethics

Please answer twelve (12) of the following using a word processor, Print your name legibly at the top and staple this exam page to the top of your quiz 1. Define ethics as ProfMcKinnon defines it. 2. What two sayings were written above the entrance to the Oracle at Delphi? 3. What is epistemology , why is it necessary for the proper study of ethics? 4. Name three (3) of the five fields of philosophy. 5. List and discuss three (3) of the logical fallacies from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy list of core fallacies beginning with the fallacy you believes most often committed in culture. 6. Define and distinguish between intrinsic and instrumental goods as defined by Prof. McKinnon . 7. Discuss the claim of Socrates that to know the good is to do it 8. True/False Bentham and Singer agree that the interests of even none human animals are to be considered in the utilitarian principle. Answer: 9. State Mills definition of the principle of utility. 10. Distinguish between Utilitarianism and Epicureanism. 11. Define and discuss instrumental and intrinsic goods as described by Prof McKinnon. 12. Describe how Bentham and Mill differ on the quality and quantity of pleasure. 13. Describe, then analyze Act and Rule Utilitarianism. 14the . Keeping in mind both class discussion and textbook readings, list and discuss two most effective criticisms of Utilitarianism

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MacKinnon distinguishes three senses of ‘ethics’:

Ethics as a person’s own individual values and moral codes

Ethics as a society’s particular values and moral codes

Ethics as the critical evaluation of values and moral codes

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