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ETHICAL PHILOSOPHY SELECTOR
These questions reflect the dilemmas that history’s most significant ethical philosophers have confronted. Answer the questions as best you can. For some questions, you may be dissatisfied with the answer choices or your may be confused by the question, in those cases, answer “not sure.” When you’re finished answering the questions, press “Select Philosophy” to generate your customized list of ethical philosophers/philosophies. The list orders the philosophers/philosophies according to their compatibility with your expressed opinions on ethics. Click on a philosopher/philosophy to see a summary, historical background description, links collection, and pertinent illustration. We hope you enjoy this selector and are encouraged to further your philosophical studies.
1. Established religious interpretation has the only say on morality, or one must explore for answers to moral questions regardless of religious attachments. Only say Explore Not Sure
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2. Does one have moral obligations to others or does one have moral obligations only to oneself?
3. In determining the moral rightness of an action are the means of the action most crucial or are the results of an action most crucial? Ends Means Not Sure
4. Do people have free will or our fates determined? Free Will Determinism Not Sure
5. SHOULD the scheme of morality remain the same over time or SHOULD the scheme of morality vary over time? Same over time Varies over time Not Sure
6. SHOULD the scheme of morality remain the same for all people or SHOULD the scheme of morality vary by person? Same for all people Varies by person Not Sure
7. Should we think of true morality as being derived within ourselves, our culture, or from external powers? Self Created Obligation Not Sure
8. Do you believe that for achieving moral living, pleasure is acceptable or unacceptable? Pleasure Good Pleasure Bad Not Sure
9. Is it possible to teach morality or must morality be discovered? Taught Discovered Not Sure
10. Can morality be known by examining the abstract or can morality only be known by looking in the non-abstract? Abstract Not abstract Not Sure
11. For determining the morality of an action, intent is what counts or intent does not count? Intent Not intent Not Sure
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