Ethics AssignmentONE
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Draw a distinction between Normative Ethics and Metaethics. In your answer furnish
examples of situations and circumstances.
Metaethics studies the origin and meaning of ethical notions, whereas Normative Ethics studies
ethical behavior, often focused on what is ethically good and wrong. What is morality is the
question of Metaethics. Normative ethics is asking what is the moral. For example, of normative
would be saying you may hate the sin but love the sinner. It separates the action from the person
themselves.
Metaethics is, for example, asking why it is morality when you say you don’t have
to be obligated to love family. In order to argue about such things, one would have to share their
beliefs on it first. One can argue that their isn’t reasoning behind the obligation to be accepting of
family. This is Normative Ethics and Metaethics.
Give examples of Morally permissible act and morally Obligates act.
- Morally obligatory activities are morally correct acts that one should perform, and one is
morally prohibited from not doing them; they are moral obligations, and they are necessary acts.
Keeping pledges and offering advice and assistance to one's children are examples of such
activities.
-Some examples of moral permissibility are being courteous and respectful to other people.
Being sincere and honest. Keeping pledges and following through on duties that you feel
necessary. Aiding individuals in need. Acting in ways that enhance general happiness and well-
being. It is crucial to remember that moral permissibility judgments can differ widely based on
one's cultural, religious, and personal beliefs.
Explain in detail, what is ABSTRACTION? Explain three levels of ABSTRACTION with
examples.
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In this sense, all ethics are abstract. It is a collection of ideas and judgments, and all
thoughts are abstract in the sense that they are "of" or "about" an object rather than the item
itself. Theories, Principles, and Judgments are the three degrees of abstraction in ethics.
Driving to work knowing in your mind that you are already planning out the direct route to
travel before making the journey is an example of abstraction in everyday life. Another
example is making a conscious selection on what to wear based on color matching or style of
clothing, which occurs in your mind and thoughts before putting it all together to see it.
Give a detailed account of the reason Socrates gives Crito why he must stay in jail and not
choose to go into exile.
- Crito has paid the guards and is attempting to persuade Socrates to flee. Socrates employs
moral argument and the Socratic method to persuade Crito that escaping would be a
violation of his own personal moral standards. Despite his belief that he is innocent and not
guilty, Socrates remains firm in the conclusion that he must remain in jail. Socrates and Crito
decide to debate whether he should flee by using these moral grounds. Socrates employs the
questioning approach to recollect earlier concepts on which he and Crito had previously
agreed. Socrates would eventually persuade Crito to stay in prison by employing these
concepts further.
Draw a comparison between Thomas Hobbes’ and John Locke’s explanation of the
social contract.
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- Both believe in inherent rights and liberties, as well as how men build governments to
preserve peace, but they disagree on the purpose of government. Hobbes thought that the
objective of government is to enforce law and order in order to prevent conflict. Locke felt
that the goal of government was to protect natural rights, namely man's property and liberty.
Both relate to a "state of nature" in which man exists without government, and both discuss
the perils that are present in this situation. They both believed that a government is necessary
for a state and that individuals have rights. They also agreed on the need for equal rights for
everybody. Hobbes felt that the government should be managed by one person since the ruler
had all the authority to do as they please, but Locke believed that the government should be
run by two people or a group more so.
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