All work must be your own and written in your own words, Any plagiarism will earn you a zero I do not want you to quote the text, but if you do, you...

All work must be your own and written in your own words, Any plagiarism will earn you a zero I do not want you to quote the text, but if you do, you must explain those quotes in your own words.

From TExtbook: Ethics: Discovering Right and Wrong 7th Edition

by Louis P. Pojman and James Fieser

Chapter 1: What is Ethics? and Chapter 11: Religion and Ethics

Type your responses to these questions in a separate Word document.

1) Review over the "Action" section of "Domains of Ethical Assessment" in this chapter. Explain right acts, optional acts, obligatory acts, supererogatory acts and wrong acts, giving examples of each.

2) Law, etiquette, and religion differ from the concept of ethics according to your text. Yet, they all share some similarities. Explain in your own words the similarities and differences of these subjects compared to ethics.

3) The text describes 5 traits of a moral principle. Explain each of them and give examples of a moral principles that illustrate them.

4) Your text states that there are two problems with Divine Command Theory that need to be faced by those who hold it. What are the two problems? How might someone who supports Divine Command Theory address these problems?

5) Some philosophers argue that religion is contrary to morality. Explain one of the arguments for this from the text.