Most of these can be boiled down to one simple concept that can be expressed using the words should and ought.
What are Ethics
100
Ethical statements really are just statements of personal opinion and nothing more.
What is Subjectivism
100
19th cent. philosopher ... all the answers to ethical questions can be found by practical reason.
Who is Kant (Immanuel)
100
Systems of belief and practice that try to express some kind of human relationship to a higher power.
What is Religion (Faith)
200
In-class synonym for ethics
What are morals
200
The three theories that attempt to base ethics on some kind of opinion or feeling.
What are subjectivism, cultural relativism, and emotivism.
200
God is Dead
Who is Nietzsche
200
The theory that God makes the ethical rules that everyone should follow.
What is the Divine Command Theory
200
Understanding nature’s way and how to live in harmony with it
What is Taoism
300
Booing & Cheering
What is Emotivism
300
Sometimes called "conventionalism", this ethical theory says right and wrong are relative to one’s culture.
What is Cultural Relativism
300
Not a vocalist of ballads, this modern utilitarian from Australia is in the shadow of John Stewart Mill.
Who is Singer (Peter)
300
Substituting one's own judgment about what's best for someone else without her consent
What is paternalism
300
Finds it important to live in a way that takes full responsibility for interpreting life on your own — a demand that also includes recognizing your utter dependence on the divine being, God.
Who is Kierkegaard (Soren)
400
Kind of like a blueprint that lays out a schematic or essence that you have as the type of entity your are.
What is Human Nature
400
Charles Stevenson and A.J. Ayer were philosophers who popularized the idea that ethical statements were ways of expressing attitudes.
What is Emotivism
400
Not a stuffed cartoon tiger, this philosopher argued that before being civilized, humanity existed in a "state of nature" where all were at war with one another.
Who is Hobbes (Thomas)
400
Tinkering with DNA to bring about advantageous results
What is Genetic Enhancement
400
some critics feel that instead of even-handedly representing what all humans ought to do from a disinterested perspective
What are Biased-Based Arguments
500
Original Art of Living & Meditations writers
What are Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius
500
Chicago Deep Dish or New York thin crust pies ... either
What is an Opinion
500
The Republic
Who is Plato
500
Could God command anything to be ethical or is God not in charge of what’s ethical?
What is the Euthyphro problem
500
Biased-Based arguments are typically divided into three parts