PHIL 2103 Midterm: Exam 1 - Study Guide
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Obligatory actions: actions that one morally ought to do; that is, would be wrong to fail to do; right in the narrow sense, ex. When someone waves at you and you feel like you have to wave back because social system says you do in order to be polite, the return wave is an example of an obligatory wave: ex. When the law requires you to stop at a red light, this is an example of a time when stopping is obligatory. Optional actions: actions that are not obligatory and are not wrong, morally speaking they are all right to do and all right not to do. Right actions: the overall intrinsic value of the consequences of the action compared to the overall intrinsic value of the consequences associated with alternative actions an agent might perform instead, ex. Wrong actions: actions that one out not to do, ex. Intrinsic value: intrinsic goodness, good in and of itself, ex.