Summary: Inleiding In De Ethiek

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  • 1 Hoorcollege 1 - Inleiding

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  • What is the definition of 'Ethics' or 'Ethos'?

    An attitude or habit of action.
  • Ethics as a philosophical discipline critically examines ....?

    What makes acts right and wrong.
  • What are three branches of moral philosophy?

    1. Meta-ethics. What is the status of moral claims? How can we know what makes acts right?
    2. Normative ethics. What are our moral duties? Which character traits counts as a virtue or a vice?
    3. Practical ethics. What obligations does one have to the global poor? Under what conditions is an abortion morally permissible?
  • What is the fallacy of denying the antecedent?

    1. If I'm riding a bike, then I'm alive. 2. I'm not riding a bike. Therefor, 3. I'm not alive.
  • What is the Ad Hominem fallacy?

    This occurs when someone decides to attack the opponent instead of providing a logical argument (e.g. Only an idiot would say that...).
  • What is the Strawman Fallacy?

    Rewriting the opponents arguments. They say 'cats make great pets'. You say: 'so you're saying you hate dogs?'.
  • 2 Hoorcollege 2 - Deontology & Kantian Ethics

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  • Deontology is primarily concerned with what?

    Certain rules and duties.
  • When and where was Immanuel Kant born?

    He was born in 1724 (died in 1804) in German (now Russian) Koningsbergen (Now Kaliningrad)
  • Controversially to Kant, he expressed the idea that...?

    He expressed the idea that reason was not evenly found in all human beings.
  • According to Kant, what is the function of 'reason'?

    It allows us to find the source of right or wrong. It allows us to be moral (what is moral can be discerned by reason).
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