Dowling
College PHL042A Ethics Fall 2002
Midterm
Preparation
The
midterm will be a combination of multiple choice and short answer questions.
Terms
and ideas you need to know and understand include
·
Utilitarianism
·
Deontology
·
Categorical
Imperative
·
Cultural
Relativism
·
Ethical
subjectivism
·
Hedonism
·
Theories
of moral development
·
Natural
law theory
·
Divine
Command Theory
·
Prima
Facie Duties
·
Aristotle's
Doctrine of the Mean
I
will ask you a selection of "Critical Reading Questions" concerning five
of the following readings:
·
Aristotle
(pages 41-45)
·
John
Stuart Mill (pages 49-50)
·
Immanuel
Kant (pages 51-55)
·
Nel
Noddings (pages 66-69)
·
P.
Don Premasir (pages 74-77)
·
Leon
Kass (pages 179-186)
·
Tom
Regan (pages 593-597)
·
Carl
Cohen (pages 613-621)
·
Michael
Ruse (pages 378-385)
·
Margaret
O’Brien Steinfels (pages 397-400)