Explaining Philosophy Concepts The topics of Ethcis that we have covered in our class better (our bo

Explaining Philosophy Concepts

The topics
of Ethcis that we have covered in our class better

(our book ” The elements of
Moral Philosophy” by James Rachels)

1 What does it mean to say that
moral reasons or motives depend on God? What is the problem with this view?

(Fear of punishment and hope of
reward are the motives for morality?)

2What is Classical
Utilitarianism? Why, according to this view, nonhuman animals are entitled to
equal moral concern

3Utilitarians hold that the
rightness and wrongness of actions depend only on their consequences What is
one of Rachels’ criticisms of this view

4 Rachels considers and rejects,
the argument that ethical Egoism is compatible with commonsense morality He
says there are ” two serious problems” with this argument what are
these problems?

5 One of the arguments in favor
of ” Psychological Egoism” is “The Argument that we always do
what we most wanted to do” What are Rachels’ two criticisms of this
argument?

6 What are the differences
between ethical egoism and Psychological egoism ?

(Psychological Egoism is concerned
with how people do behave Ethical Egoism is a theory about how we ought to
behave what are some other differences?)