1) What is the good on which morality is based, according to Utilitarianism?
2) What is the reason, according to a Utilitarian, why it makes sense to think that the above theory of the good is right?
3) What is the rule that all moral actions follow, according to Utilitarianism?
4) Why would we think (according to the lecture) that the above principle is moral, as a Utilitarian would argue?
5) Discuss whether lying is moral or not, or what, according to the above Utilitarian principle.
6) What is the good on which morality is based, according to Kantianism?
7) What is the reason why it makes sense, according to a Kantian, to think that the above theory of the good is right?
8) What is the first rule (of the Categorical Imperative) that all moral actions follow, according to Kantianism?
9) Why would we think (according to the lecture) that the above principle is moral, as a Kantian would argue?
10) Discuss whether lying is moral or not, or what, according to the above Kantian principle.
11) What is the second rule (of the Categorical Imperative) that all moral actions follow, according to Kantianism?
12) Why would we think (according to the lecture) that the above principle is moral, as a Kantian would argue?
13) Discuss whether lying is moral or not, or what, according to the above Kantian principle.
14) What is the good on which morality is based, according to Virtue Ethics?
15) What is the reason, according to Virtue Ethics, why it makes sense to think that the above theory of the good is right?
16) What is the goal that all moral actions should serve, according to Virtue Ethics?
17) Why would we think (according to the lecture) that the above principle is moral, as Virtue Ethics would argue?
18) Discuss whether lying is moral or not, or what, according to Virtue Ethics?
19) Choose an ethics, out of the above three, that you think is the most adequate descrption of what you think is morally good right. What is it? Just name it - do not explain it.
20) Do you think this ethics that you choose is the simplest? Why or why not?
21) What is the reason why you would argue that this ethics that you choose is the most conservative? (In other words, what is your fundamental background belief or beliefs that this ethics is conservative of?) Explain why.
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