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TEXTBOOK(S) AND REQUIRED MATERIALS:
Title: Thinking Critically
Author: Chaffee
Publisher: Cengage
Year Published: 2019
Edition: 12th
ISBN: 10: xxxxxxxxxx or 13: 9780357690109
Covering Chapters 9 and 10
For this assignment, you will answer the questions below in a Word document and submit it by the
due date. This is a short week, so please be on time; no late work will be accepted. All work must be original and composed individually.
READING ACTIVITY 9.1: MORAL JUDGMENTS
Skills Focus
· Understanding words in context: using a dictionary to understand word etymology
· Recognizing main ideas and supporting details
· Applying study skills to reading materials: summarizing
1. To help you understand this section, it is helpful to know the etymology, or word history, of the philosophies and moral theories referred to. Use a dictionary to find the etymology (word origin) of each word below. Also, use a combination of context clues and internal clues to increase your understanding of the words.
Example: philosophy
a. psychological b. conscience
c. agnostic
d. pragmatic
e. theist
f. hedonist g. altruistic
Etymology
phil = love, sophia = wisdom
Word Meaning
love of wisdom, pursuit of wisdom
2. Review the moral theories presented in the chapter. For each theory, write a brief definition of its views and summarize the problem, if any, with its moral reasoning.
· Psychological theory of morality
· Moral agnostic theory of morality
· Pragmatic theory of morality
· Theist theory of morality
· Hedonist moral theory
· Authoritarian moral theory
· Altruistic moral theory