Polit Sci 10 Guide Questions

Life is NOT always fair…

hence, the need to be prepared without end up getting paranoid of the unexpected.

Guide Questions for Polit Sci 10 (Ethics and Accountability in Phil. Public Service)

On Kantian Ethics (and the concept of dignity)

Reference: “Groundworks of the Metaphysics of Morals” of Immanuel Kant

1.       What is the nature of the Categorical Imperative?

2.       What are the Five Formulations of the Categorical Imperative?

On the Median Principle of Morality (Aristotle )

Reference: “Nichomachean Ethics” of Aristotle

1.       Nature of a Virtue?

2.       Kinds of Virtue?

3.       For Aristotle, by Excellence he meant specifically to what?

4.       Moral excellence…what does it cover?

On the Principle of Utility (Bentham)

Reference: “The Principles of Morals and Legislation” of Jeremy Bentham

1.       Humanity is governed by what?

2.       What is the principle of utility?

3.       What are the seven degrees of felicity?