Conventional Morality Involves _____

question 26

Multiple Choice

Conventional morality involves _____.

• A) the careful consideration of all options
• B) following what parents, teachers, and peers do
• C) seeking pleasure and avoiding pain
• D) trying to take care of one's own needs

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Definitions:

Master Race

A supremacist belief that certain races or peoples are superior to others and should dominate or control them.

Ethics

The study of a way of life and its values, including a system of general moral principles and a conception of morality and its foundations. Sometimes the term simply refers to the study of moral principles.

Duty-Defined Morality

The view that moral right and wrong are determined first of all by a conception of a person’s duties and obligations.

Utilitarianism

An ethical theory that proposes that the best action is the one that maximizes utility, usually defined as that which produces the greatest well-being of the greatest number of people.