Show:
Dates and Places
Ethical Branches
Ethical Branches II
Ethical Branches III
Dates and Places II
100
When was Aristotle born?
384 B.C.
100
Who was the most prominent Virtue Ethicist?
Aristotle
100
What does the Greek word "logos" mean?
Science
100
How many branches of Ethics are there?
3
100
Name the city and country where Immanuel Kant was born?
Konigsburg, Prussia
200
When did Immanuel Kant die?
1804
200
"Deon" is a Greek word meaning what?
Duty, obligation
200
Name the most famous Utilitarian ethicist.
John Stuart Mill
200
What was the name of Aristotle's most famous work of Ethics?
Nicomachean Ethics
200
What was the year in which Aristotle died?
322 B.C.
300
When was John Stuart Mill born?
1806
300
What is Utilitarianism?
The right thing to do is the action which determines the greatest amount of happiness for the greatest number of people
300
Deontology means what?
Science of duty, or obligation
300
What was Immanuel Kant's most famous work of Ethics?
Critique of Practical Reason
300
In what year did John Stuart Mill die?
1873
400
What was the name of the city and country where John Stuart Mill was born?
London, England
400
Name the most famous Deontologist.
Immanuel Kant
400
What is Virtue Ethics?
Describes the character of the moral agent as the driving force of ethical behavior. It emphasizes character as opposed to rules or consequences.
400
How would a Deontologist analyze the action of lying?
Lying is always wrong
400
Immanuel Kant was born in what year?
1724
500
Where was Aristotle born?
Stagira, Greece
500
Deontology places emphasis on what?
Ethical principles or duties; laws which determine the rightness or wrongness of our actions
500
How would a Utilitarian analyze the action of Lying?
Okay if it benefits more people than it harms
500
How would a Virtue Ethicist analyze the action of Lying?
Lying can be made on a case-by-case basis, considering what the decision says about one's character
500
True or False: Immanuel Kant never left his home town.
True