[PHILOS 2D03] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (22 pages long!)

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Decisions that we have to make about how to behave, such that we"re acting properly. Irresponsible: pre-reflective level - when people make their moral decisions in this way they are choosing by reference to rules and teachings that are "uncritically accepted and acted upon" When people make hard moral choices based on moral rules they were taught. Take the time to think hard about the choice, considering different moral rules and how valid they are. You might end up with the same conclusion as the other ways, but your position will be more justifiable - human life is worth taking the time to think it through. People say ethics isn"t scientific so it isn"t ok. Ethical thinking a stops us from making terrible choices, although it does not always give us the answer. Friday, january 9, 2015: it makes us think about the consequences of our decisions, don"t want to use mob mentality.