According to w. d. ross, the fact that there are several prima facie duties means
(a) that ethical absolutism is the correct approach.
(b) there is a hierarchical structure to the universal value system.
(c) that we are obligated to fulfill all of them.
(d) that there will be conflicts of values.

A

Explanation:

There are several prima facie duties are considered by W D Ross. The prima facia duty is the duty that is binding other things equally. unless it is overridden by another duty. It is the duty to keep promises. By the contrast duty of prima facie, our actual duty as reasons do the conclusion of reasoning. The term duty is primarily misleading in prima facies duty. The prima facie duty is understood as guidelines, not rules without exception. If the action does not correspond to the specific guidelines, one is not necessarily violating a rule that one should follow.  

There are several prima facie duties such as:

absolute poverty the condition of having too little income to buy the necessities-- food, shelter, clothing, health care.

achieved status a social position (status) obtained through an individual's own talents and efforts.

affirmative action the requirement that employers make special efforts to recruits hire and promote qualified members of previously excluded groups including women and minorities.

aggregate a collection of unrelated people who do not know one another but who may occupy a common space--for example, a crowd of people crossing a city street.

agrarian societies societies in which large scale cultivation using plows and draft animals is the primary means of subsistence.

alienation the separation or estrangement of individuals from themselves and from others.

amalgamation the biological as well as cultural assimilation (merging) of racial or ethnic groups.

anomalies in science observations or problems that cannot be explained or solved in terms of a prevailing paradigm.

anomie a breakdown or confusion in the norms, values, and culture of a group or a society. a condition of relative normlessness.

anomie theory the theory suggesting that deviance and crime occur when there is an acute gap between cultural norms and goals and the socially structured opportunities for individuals to achieve those goals.

anticipatory socialization the process of taking on the attitudes values and behaviors of a status or role one expects to occupy in the future.

apartheid the recent policy of racial separation in south africa enforced by leg

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