Test your knowledge about Desert
The fourth of the five classes of moral terms and judgments is ‘desert’.
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1. Are moral judgements also made about the consequences of the moral or immoral acts?
2. Identify terms and judgments about desert.
3. How is the term ‘deserve’used?
4. Describe the form used to judge whether a person deserves something. Here is the form:
A (moral person) deserves X on account of Y.
5. What are the objects of interest and objects of disinterest which a person might deserve?
6. What is the distinction between approval and reward?
7. How is ‘disapproval’different from ‘punishment’?
8. How is ‘punishment’is sometimes used in a somewhat wider sense?
9. On account of what things judged morally is a person deserving of approval?
10. What is required for a person to deserve a reward?

