INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS TEST 2 STUDY GUIDE

BE ABLE TO

Define

Utilitarianism

Intrinsic good

Instrumental good

Rule utilitarianism

cost-benefit analysis

Do the following

Tell what utilitarians think is the only intrinsic good

Know the difference between Mill and Bentham's views on pleasure

Tell whether Kant thinks motive is important in determining the moral significance of an act and what kind of motive he thought we he had to have to make an act morally right

Give both forms of Kant's categorical imperative

Tell whether Kant thinks our "perfect duties" have exceptions

Explain the lying promise as an example of the application of the first formulation of Kant's categorical imperative

Explain one problem for Kant's moral theory (be sure to explain WHY it's a problem).

 

 

Hosted by www.Geocities.ws

1