Philosophers and Theories
The Ethical Experience
Determinism and Freedom
Conscience and Character
Key Terms and Concepts
100

This philosopher believed that happiness is achieved through living a life of virtue.

Who is Aristotle?

100
Ethics focuses on the ________ behind our choices

What is why?

100

Determinism states that all events are caused by _____________ forces.

What are physical, social, or historical?

100

The three dimensions of conscience.

What are capacity, process, and judgement?

100

An important philosophical theory that states everything has an ultimate purpose.

What is teleology?

200

This philosopher said ethics begins with our relationship with the Other.

Who is Levinas?

200

The Conceptual Framework of Action helps us understand what an action says about ___________

What is who we are?

200

Naturalism believes that everything can be explained by _____________ processes.

What are physical and biological?

200

This force is fuelled by fear of punishment and guilt.

What is the superego?

200
A habit of good character developed through practice.

What is virtue?

300

This philosopher believed we should act only according to universal moral laws.

Who is Kant?

300

This experience is described as experiencing something so unjust that we feel it cannot be right.

What is the ethical experience of contrast?

300

According to religious determinism, God plays this role in our freedom.

What is predetermination?

300

This force is fuelled by love, truth, morals, and doing what's right.

What is the conscience?

300

We should only act according to rules we'd want everyone to follow.

What is a Universal Law?

400
One of Aristotle's key principles preached that finding the balance between excess and deficiency is the key to living a good life.

What is the Doctrine of the Mean

400

A student reasons that it's okay to cheat on a test because "everyone else does it."

What is a misinformed conscience / trivialization?

400

The Catholic Church teaches that God gives us _______________ to avoid totalitarianism.

What is freedom?

400

This is how character forms over time.

What is through repeated actions and habits?
400

_________________ calls us to respond with compassion and responsibility.

What is the Face of the Other?

500

According to Kant, this should motivate every action we undertake.

What is duty?
500

Jessica feels guilty after breaking curfew, not because it was wrong, but because her parents will be mad. The voice speaking inside her is __________.

What is the superego?

500

Two friends get into a fight. One beats up the other. In therapy, he figures out a repressed past experience motivated this reaction.

What is Social Determinism?

500

A well-formed conscience is a _________________.

What is a well-informed conscience?

500

We must never treat others as means to an end, but as__________________.

What are ends in themselves?

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