Part I: For the Final you should know the definitions of the following terms for fill-in-the-blank questions:
- Ethical Skeptics
- Ethical Relativists
- Ethical Absolutists
- Teleological Ethical Theories
- Deontological Ethical Theories
- Formula of Universal Law
- Greatest Happiness Principle
- Principle of Impartiality
- Principle of Universality
- Function
- Virtue
- Vice
Part II: For the Final Exam you should be able to address the following points:
- Describe Kant's four character types and explain which is the most moral.
- Describe Kant's Formula of Universal Law.
- Explain how Kant uses the Formula of Universal Law to show that it is wrong to make a lying promise.
- Explain Mill's Greatest Happiness Principle.
- Explain the Principles of Impartiality and Universality.
- Explain the "Doctrine fit only for swine" objection to Utilitarianism and Mill's response.
- Explain Aristotle's concept of the Highest Good.
- Explain the candidates for happiness that Aristotle considers and his reasons for rejecting them.
- Explain Aristotle's conception of a function and the associated concepts of vice and virtue and illustrate all of these with an example.
- Explain Aristotle's conception of the function for human beings.
- Explain the two types of virtues Aristotle considers.
- Explain what a moral virtue is (including the three parts of a moral virtue) and give an example.
- Explain Nietzsche's Genealogical Method.
- Explain Master Morality and Slave Morality and identify the major differences between them.
- Explain what Nietzsche finds problematic about Slave Morality.
Part III: Finally, you should consider the moral perspective of the film Crimes and Misdemeanors and compare that moral perspective to the moral theories of the other philosopher we have studied this unit. |
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