Ethics for the Information Age 7th edition Michael J. Quinn - Solutions

Evaluate the four scenarios presented in Section 2.1.2 from the perspective of virtue ethics.
Describe similarities and differences between act utilitarianism and rule utilitarianism.
Describe similarities and differences between Kantianism and rule utilitarianism.
Describe similarities and differences between subjective relativism and act utilitarianism.
Describe similarities and differences between divine command theory and Kantianism.
Describe similarities and differences between subjective relativism and ethical egoism.
Come up with a list of 20 virtues not mentioned in Section 2.10.
Is social contract theory as first presented a consequentialist theory or a nonconsequentialist theory? Is social contract theory as articulated in Rawls’s two principles of justice a consequentialist theory or a nonconsequentialist theory?
Create your own example that demonstrates the problem of moral luck.
Give three examples of a situation in which your action would be primarily motivated by a sense of duty or obligation. Give three examples of a situation in which your action would be primarily motivated by its expected consequences.
What is the difference between a consequentialist theory and a non-consequentialist theory?
What is the difference between plagiarism and misuse of sources?
What is plagiarism? Describe four different ways that a person can commit plagiarism.
Come up with your own example of a moral rule that would violate the Categorical Imperative.
What is the equivalence fallacy? Invent your own example of this fallacy.
What is the many/any fallacy? Invent your own example of this fallacy.
What do we mean when we say an ethical theory is rational?
Two people are debating the morality of a particular action. Person A explains why he believes the action is wrong. Person B disagrees with person A. Her response to him is, “That’s your opinion.” Person B has not made a strong ethical argument. Why not?
What is the difference between ethical relativism and ethical objectivism?
What is the difference between morality and ethics?
Define in your own words what “the ethical point of view" means.

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