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Normative moral theory has three main approaches: deontological, virtue and:Read the answer and worked solution →The three approaches differ by their criterion: character, duty and:Read the answer and worked solution →A theory judging an action right by its outcome is:Read the answer and worked solution →A theory judging an action right when it follows the correct rule is:Read the answer and worked solution →A theory focusing on character and good habits is:Read the answer and worked solution →The word deontology comes from the Greek deon, meaning:Read the answer and worked solution →Utilitarians say an action is right when it produces the most:Read the answer and worked solution →For utilitarians, something is useful when it promotes:Read the answer and worked solution →The principle that right actions bring the greatest happiness to the greatest number was formulated by:Read the answer and worked solution →Mill improved on Bentham by distinguishing higher and lower qualities of:Read the answer and worked solution →Someone who believes morality requires maximising good with every single act is an:Read the answer and worked solution →A vigilante killing justified because it saves more lives illustrates a problem with:Read the answer and worked solution →Deontologists differ from consequentialists by not judging rightness solely by:Read the answer and worked solution →A leading modern figure in deontological ethics was:Read the answer and worked solution →Kant said what separates humans from other animals is the ability to think:Read the answer and worked solution →Kant used which term for the will to rise above passions and act rationally?Read the answer and worked solution →Kant believed moral laws, or maxims, could be discovered:Read the answer and worked solution →Kant called the commands in which the will presents its rules:Read the answer and worked solution →Universal laws we must obey regardless of our desires are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Virtue ethics is described as taking which kind of approach to morality?Read the answer and worked solution →The preeminent ancient Greek philosopher associated with virtue ethics was:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the moral theoriesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the moral criteriaRead the answer and worked solution →Run the ethics gatesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the ethics wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Outcome or dutyRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the ethics ideasRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Normative ethics bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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Normative moral theory has three main approaches: deontological, virtue and:

  1. Consequentialist
  2. Constitutional
  3. Conversational
  4. Confessional
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Correct answer: A. Consequentialist

1. Two of the three are named. 2. The third judges by outcomes. 3. That approach is consequentialist. _Source: OpenStax Introduction to Philosophy, Chapter 9, Normative Moral Theory._

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The three approaches differ by their criterion: character, duty and:

  1. Constituencies
  2. Consequences
  3. Conveniences
  4. Conversations
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Correct answer: B. Consequences

1. Virtue looks at character. 2. Deontology looks at duty. 3. The third looks at consequences. _Source: OpenStax Introduction to Philosophy, Chapter 9, Normative Moral Theory._

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A theory judging an action right by its outcome is:

  1. Consequentialism
  2. Constitutionalism
  3. Conversationalism
  4. Confessionalism
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Correct answer: A. Consequentialism

1. Rules and character are set aside. 2. Only the result counts. 3. That theory is consequentialism. _Source: OpenStax Introduction to Philosophy, Chapter 9, Normative Moral Theory._

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