Activity 3 - Ethical Principles Part 1

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Name : ______________________ Date: ________

Section: _____________________

Activity 2 – ETHICAL PRINCIPLES PART 1

Instructions
1. Read the Book Bioethics and Moral Decisions Chapter 2: Ethical Schools of Thought Part 1 pages
23-45 and answer the given questions

QUESTIONS

1. Why is the study of ethical theories in bioethics still necessary today? ( 5 pts)

2. Discuss the moral claims of ethical relativism and points out its strengths and weaknesses.
(10 pts)

3. Among the three types of love according to situation ethics, which one should be the guiding
principle in making moral decisions? Why? (10 pts)

4. Enumerate the six prepositions of situation ethics. (6 pts)

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5. State and explain the meaning of the following:

A. Principle of Utility (7pts)

B. Principle of the Greatest Happiness (7pts)

6. State the pragmatic theory of truth. How would you apply it to the legitimacy or non- legitimacy
of making moral decisions? (10 pts)

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