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 ofaction . -
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 thesource ofright orwrong . It allows us to bemoral (what is moral can be discerned by reason).
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