Posted: April 25th, 2025

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Covering Chapters 9 and 10

For this assignment you will answer the below questions in a Word document and submit this by the due date – TUESDAY 11pm of Week 10. This is a short week so please be on time – no late work is 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