Chapter 4 - Sources of Authority (included in finals)

FALSE

Various institutions have a strong influence in the way we think and act, including how we make moral valuations.

TRUE or FALSE. Various institutions have a weak influence in the way we think and act, including how we make moral valuations.

• Law

• Religion

• Culture

Enumerate the Sources of Authority in our Society (3)

Law (basi ang SK nadi namean sng pdf idk T-T)

Identify what Source of Authority in our Society is being described:

It is localized to the barangay or village level, where local or municipal layers of obligation are there for residents to follow.

TRUE

Sources of Authority in our Society: Law

TRUE or FALSE. Law guides us to do ethical behavior.

TRUE

Sources of Authority in our Society: Law

TRUE or FALSE. (Philippines) Filipinos are constrained to obey the laws of the land as stated in the country’s criminal and civil codes.

Positive Law

-It has no moral purpose other than to ensure the survival of the state.

__________ refers to all different rules that are posited or put forward by authority figure which require one’s compliance.

Positive Law

Sources of Authority in our Society: Law

It has no moral purpose other than to ensure the survival of the state.

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Sources of Authority in our Society: Law

• We recognize that there are many acts that we immediately consider unethical which we know are also forbidden by the law.

• It is enforced with a system of sanctions through persons, institutions which helps us obey.

• We should obey the law

• The prohibitive nature of law.

Sources of Authority in our Society: Law

Give the flaws of the “Law“(2)

FALSE

The law cannot tell us what to pursue, only what to avoid.

Sources of Authority in our Society: Law

TRUE or FALSE. The law cannot tell us what to avoid, only what to pursue.

Religion

Identify what Source of Authority in our Society is being described:

“Love the Lord, Your God, therefore and always heed His charge; His statutes, decrees, and commandments.” (New American Bible)

Religion

Identify what Source of Authority in our Society is being described:

The idea that one is obligated to obey her God in all things.

Divine Command Theory

Sources of Authority in our Society: Religion

___________ is a philosophical theory that suggests that morality and ethical behavior are derived from the command of God or Gods

TRUE

Sources of Authority in our Society: Religion

TRUE or FALSE. Taking religion to be the basis of ethics has the advantage of providing us with not only a set of commands but also a “Supreme Authority” that can inspire and compel our obedience in a way nothing else can.

TRUE

Sources of Authority in our Society: Religion

Problems with “Religion“

TRUE or FALSE. On a practical level, we realize the presence of multiplicity of religions.

TRUE

Sources of Authority in our Society: Religion

Problems with “Religion“

TRUE or FALSE. The believer is required to clarify her understanding of the connection between ethics and the Divine.

Euthyphro

Sources of Authority in our Society: Religion

Problems with “Religion“

“The believer is required to clarify her understanding of the connection between ethics and the Divine.” This is Plato’s dialogue entitled __________.

FALSE

Calling into question the Divine Command Theory is not intended to make anyone QUESTION his or her faith in God and the particular religious tradition he/she belongs to; It is not intended to challenge one’s faith.

Sources of Authority in our Society: Religion

TRUE or FALSE. Calling into question the Divine Command Theory is intended to make anyone QUESTION his or her faith in God and the particular religious tradition he/she belongs to; It is intended to challenge one’s faith.

Culture

Identify what Source of Authority in our Society is being described:

__________ is a wide diversity in how different people believe it is proper to act. (Difference on aesthetics, religion and etiquette)

TRUE

Sources of Authority in our Society: Culture

Cultural Relativism

TRUE or FALSE. There is no universal standard to measure cultures by, and that all cultural values and beliefs must be understood relative to their cultural context and not judged based on outside norms and values.

Sources of Authority in our Society: Culture

Cultural Relativism

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FALSE

It teaches us to be tolerant of others from different cultures, we realize we are in no position to judge other cultures.

Sources of Authority in our Society: Culture

Cultural Relativism

TRUE or FALSE. It teaches us to be tolerant of others from different cultures, we realize we are in a position to judge other cultures.

TRUE

Sources of Authority in our Society: Culture

Problems with “Culture“

TRUE or FALSE. The argument of cultural relativism is premised on the reality of difference.

TRUE

Sources of Authority in our Society: Culture

Problems with “Culture“

TRUE or FALSE. We are in no position to render any kind of judgement on the practices of another culture.

FALSE

We are in no position to render judgement on the practices of even our own culture.

Sources of Authority in our Society: Culture

Problems with “Culture“

TRUE or FALSE. We are in a position to render judgement on the practices of our own culture.

TRUE

Sources of Authority in our Society: Culture

Problems with “Culture“

TRUE or FALSE. Culture helps us maintain it only by following the presumption of culture as a single, clearly defined substance or as something fixed and already determined.

Negative Side

Sources of Authority in our Society: Culture

Determine if the thought is a part of the Positive or Negative Side of Cultural Relativism

Cultural Relativism can be a problem to ethics because it deprives us from using our critical thoughts.

Positive Side

Sources of Authority in our Society: Culture

Determine if the thought is a part of the Positive or Negative Side of Cultural Relativism

Cultural Relativism helps us promote our sense of humility for us not to imagine our culture is superior to another.