Summary: A Concise Introduction To Ethics | 9780190058173 | Russ Shafer Landau

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• 1 Femenist Ethics and the Ethics of Care

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• What are the two shortchanges, which Philosophers made about the lives of women?

  The first is to mak false and damaging claims about them.
  
  Second, is to ignore female experiences and perspectives.
  Both have been the norm in ethical thinking for centuries.
  Feminist ethics seeks to remedy both of these flaws. 

• What is the universal definition of Morality?

  There is no definition of morality.

• 1.1 Conventional an Critical Morality

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• What is the definition of: Conventional Morality

  The system of widely accepted rules and principles (such as right and wrong), created by and for human beings, that members of a culture or society use to gevern their own lives and to asses the actions and the motivations of others.

• What are key findings in critical morality?

  1. It does not have its origin in social agreements;
  2. Is untainted by mistaken beliefs, irrationality or popular prejudice;
  3. Can serve as the true standard for determining when conventional morality has got it right and when it has fallen into error.

• 1.2 The Branches of Moral Philosophy

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• What are the three core areas of moral philosophy?

  1. Value theory;
  2. Normative ethics;
  3. Meta-ethics.

• 1.4 Morality and Other Normative Systems

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• What is a normative system made up from?

  A normative system is made up of a set of norms. Standards for how we ought to behave and rules that we should not break

• What are four of the most important normative systems?

  Those that govern the law, etiquette, self-interest and tradition.

• 1.5 Morality and Religion

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• What describes the Divine Command Theory?

  An act is morally required just because it is commanded by God, and immoral just because God forbids it.

• Devine Command Theory

  An act is morally required just because it is commanded by God, and immoral just because God forbids it.

• From which philosopher comes the following question: 'Do the gods love actions because they are pious, or are actions pious because the gods love them?'

  Socrates.