Individuals who obey the conventions, mores, and rules of their cultures are already acting ethically. No further philosophical reflection is required. Philosophical ethics distinguishes what people do value from what they should value. What people do value and should value is, for all practical purposes, the same. Philosophical ethics is too abstract to be useful in everyday life situations. Following the mores and customs of one's culture is a more dependable way to make moral decisions.

Chris, a master at office gossip and innuendo, says, "we know we have a corporate spy someplace in the organization, probably on the management team itself. there is no evidence that it is audrey. in fact, she's too clean, if you know what i mean. somebody should fire audrey; she's got to be the spy." by making this argument chris is actually engaging in (a) an appeal to emotion fallacy (b) a straw man fallacy (c) an appeal to ignorance fallacy (d) circular reasoning (e) an appeal to the mob fallacy

Which term describes a possible explanation of, or answer to, a scientific question that is based on prior knowledge or research and that is testable?

Read the scenario. samira is a freshman basketball player who hopes to go to college on a basketball scholarship. she is offered the chance to play on her school’s varsity basketball team, which plays in tournaments during holiday breaks. samira usually spends her breaks working at the local hardware store. after careful consideration, samira decides to stay on the freshman basketball team and keep working over breaks.the fact that samira may miss out on a scholarship opportunity by staying on the freshman team illustrates-a cause.-minor consequences.-a trade off.-unexpected risk.