Ethics in General
This is an example of an action generally agreed upon as WRONG.
What is genocide/torture/rape?
These two philosophers are the fathers of utilitarianism.
Rationality, self-consciousness, or autonomy are typical characteristics of this philosophical concept.
What is personhood?
This how many Meditations Descartes' book consists of?
What is six?
This is the number of papers that philosophy HL students sit for the IB exams (not counting the IA)
What is three?
This is the name of Kant's normative ethical theory
What is deontology?
This is the name of Kant's main principle of morality.
What is the categorical imperative?
What is no?
This philosopher is the father of virtue ethics
Who is Aristotle?
This is the maximum word count for the philosophy IA
In the text we read on ethics, this branch of ethics was compared to the referee of a soccer match.
What is normative ethics?
This is the main question of normative ethics
What is the right thing to do?
These are the names of the evil uncles
Who are Smith and Jones?
This philosopher thinks that abortion is wrong because it robs someone of their future.
Who is Marquis?
These are the two topics paper 3 can be about.
What are environment and technology?
These are the three branches of ethics that we will be looking at throughout the IB program.
What are normative ethics, metaethics and applied ethics?
What type of normative theory does philosopher Julia Annas support?
What is virtue ethics?
These are the four principles of bioethics.
What are autonomy, benevolence, non-maleficence, and justice?
This is the person to whom Mill dedicated his book On Liberty
This is the number of questions HL students need to answer in paper 1
What is three?
This area of ethics refers to questions regarding the meaning of ethical concepts, their objectivity and their truth.
What is metaethics?
This is a calm state of bliss and peaceful happiness that comes after a life of virtue and self-cultivation
What is eudaimonia?
This is the type of euthanasia associated with "letting die"
What is passive euthanasia?
What philosopher did we read who expands on Kant's second formulation of the CI?
Who is Onora O'Neill?
This is the topic of paper 2
What is On Liberty?