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BE ABLE TO: Define the following: Moral principles ethical subjectivism (individual ethical relativism or subjective relativism) cultural relativism ethical objectivism divine command theory hedonism obligatory actions supererogatory actions virtue ethics
Do the following: Explain Sartre's claim that humans' existence precedes our essence Explain one problem for relativism (either cultural relativism or subjectism) Explain one problem with divine command theory Give both principles of utilitarianism Explain the difference between Bentham and Mill's views about pleasure Explain both formulations of Kant's categorical imperative (Rauhut, p. 241 and p. 244) Explain one problem with Kant's ethics Explain one problem with virtue ethics Essay: Explain one problem with utilitarianism. How might the utilitarian try to solve this problem? Do you think the problem means that utilitarianism is a bad moral theory? Why or why not?
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