PHI 107: Introduction to Ethics

PHI 107: Introduction to Ethics
John Doe
Allied American University

Author Note This paper was prepared for PHI 107: Introduction to Ethics, Check Your Understanding Module 1 taught by Steven Klein.

Directions: Please provide detailed and elaborate responses to the following questions. Your responses should include examples from the reading assignments, if possible. Each response should be at least one half of one page in length and utilize APA format.

1. What is the difference between moral motivation and moral justification?
· The difference between moral motivation and moral justification is that moral motivation involves feelings. It also uses judgments, which makes us feel whether something is good for us, and affects decision making and reason to act a certain way. Moral justification defends a moral theory; it helps persuade ourselves on believing that our actions are right.

2. Explain the difference between natural morality and transcendent morality.
· The difference between natural morality and transcendent morality is that natural morality is interpreted by human reasoning; it follows what is best for human nature, searching for happiness and fulfillment. Transcendent morality is being superior and above something, being beyond a normal or physical level.

3. What is the difference between a moral judgment and an aesthetic judgment?
· Moral judgments are opinions formulated on whether something is good or bad. An aesthetic judgment is also an opinion, but differs because it judges the quality or status of someone or something.

4. What does it meant to be an "objectivist" regarding moral feelings?
· What is means to be an objectivist is having an ethical theory that moral precepts are valid, or that moral good is real.

5. Describe the difference between