Part I: For the exam you should be able to perform the following tasks:
- Explain Aquinas' supreme moral principle.
- Explain
the three natural inclinations Aquinas uses to derive moral principles,
and for each inclination, articulate one specific moral obligation
derived from it.
- Explain and provide examples of the naturalistic fallacy.
- Explain where Hume thinks moral judgments come from.
- Explain Individual Ethical Relativism and three objections to it discussed in class.
- Explain Cultural Ethical Relativism and three objections to it discussed in class.
- Define Consequentalism.
- Define Utilitarianism.
- Explain Mill's Greatest Happiness Principle.
- Explain the two additional principles Mill articulates (Principle of Universality and Principle of Impartiality)
- Explain the "Doctrine fit only for Swine" objection to Utilitarianism and Mill's response.
- Explain the "Not enough time before action" objection to Utilitarianism and Mill's response.
- Explain the difference between Act and Rule Utilitarianism
- Define the Good Will for Kant.
- Describe the four character types Kant considers, and explain which one he thinks is the most moral.
- Explain the difference between a Hypothetical and a Categorical Imperative.
- Describe
the Formula of Universal Law and the Formula of Humanity and explain
how Kant uses each of these formulas to show that it is wrong to make a
lying promise.
- Define the "Highest Good" for Aristotle.
- Define "Function," "Virtue," and "Vice."
- Define Aristotle's conception of the function of human beings.
- Explain a moral virtue (including the three parts) and give an example.
Part II:
In addition, you should be prepared to write an essay in which you
compare and contrast the views of two of our authors on a specific moral
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