BPYC-132 Ethics in English Solved Assignment 2021-2022

BPYC-132 Ethics

Solved Assignment 2021-2022

Assignment for TEE December 2021 and TEE June 2022
BAG Philosophy Second Semester
BPYC-132 Ethics

Note:
1. Give Answer of all five questions.
2. All five questions carry equal marks
3. Answer to question no. 1 and 2 should be in about 400 words each.
4. If any question has more than one part, please attempt all parts. Each part has
separate marks.
1. Write a note on, 10+10= 20
a) Relation between religion and ethics
b) Relation between reason and morality
Or
What is virtue? What are the main objections against Virtue ethics? Evaluate these
Objections. 20
2. Discuss, 10+10= 20
a) “Ethics is a normative science”. Do you agree with this claim? Justify your answer.
b) Write a note on the contribution of GEM Anscombe in the development of virtue
ethics.
Or
Write a note on, 10+10= 20
a) the division of ethics
b) consequentialism
3. Answer any two of the following questions in about 200 words each. 2*10= 20
a) Differentiate between categorical and hypothetical imperatives. Give example of
each. 10
b) “Act only according to that maxim which you can at the same time will that it
should become a universal law without contradiction”. Explain 10
a) Differentiate between Ethical Naturalism and Ethical Non-naturalism. 10
b) Write a note on the division of ethical cognitivism. 10
2
4. Answer any four of the following four questions in about 150 words each. 4*5= 20
a) Write a note on the four cardinal virtues of Plato. 5
b) Write a note on the principle of Universalizability in R M Hare’s prescriptivism. 5
c) What are the central claims of prescriptivism? 5
d) What are the main objections against moral relativism? 5
e) What is Naturalistic Fallacy? 5
f) Write a note on the ethical teachings of Buddhism. 5
5. Write short notes on any five of the following in about 100 words each. 5*4= 20
a) Eudaimonia 4
b) Voluntary Action 4
c) Ideal Observer Theory 4
d) Error Theory 4
e) Ethical Utilitarianism 4
f) Open Question Argument 4
g) Ethical Subjectivism 4
h) Ought

BPYC-132, BPYC 132, BPYC132