CS384StudyQuestions1:EthicalTheories
Reading:Cyberethicsch.1
1.Accordingtothereading,whatfourfactorsgovernbehavior?Howarethesefactorsrelatedto
ethics?[AlbertA]
2.DescribeUtilitarianism.Whatproblemsdoyouseewiththisethicaltheory?[BenjaminB]
3.DescribeContractarianism.Whatproblemsdoyouseewiththisethicaltheory?[AndrewC]
4.DescribeMoralDuty(pluralism).Whatproblemsdoyouseewiththisethicaltheory?[PaulC]
5.DescribeNewNaturalLaw.Whatproblemsdoyouseewiththisethicaltheory?[TylerD]
6.Describethe“normativeprinciples”approachtoethics.Whatproblemsdoyouseewiththis
approach?[GrantE]
GeneralQuestions(foreveryone):
7.Describeoneethicaldilemmayouhavestruggledwith—ifpossible,concerningtechnology.Howdid
yougoabouttryingtodecideontherightcourseofaction?(Discussthisinyourcritique.)
8.DescribeaChristianethicalsystem.(Includeinyourcritique.)