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Question: 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