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11 Cards in this Set
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Ethical fundamentalism |
Individuals look to a central authority or set of rules to guide them in ethical decision making |
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Ethical relativism |
Actions must be judged by what individuals subjectively feel is right ir wrong for themselves |
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Situational ethics |
One must judge a persons actions by first putting oneself in the actors situation |
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Utilitarianism |
Moral actions are those that produce the greatest net pleasure compared with net pain |
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Act utilitarianism |
Assesses each act according to whether it maximizes pleasure over pain |
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Rule utilitarianism |
Supports rules that on balance produce the greatest pleasure for society |
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Cost-benefit analysis |
Quantifies the benefits and costs of alternatives |
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Deontology |
Actions must be judged by their motives and means as well as their results |
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Libertarians |
Stress market outcomes as the basis for distributing societys rewards |
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Distributive justice |
Stresses equality of opportunity rather than results |
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Intuitionism |
A rational person possesses inherent power to assess the correctness of actions |
