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Categorical imperative
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you have a moral duty to act in the way you believe everyone should act.
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duty
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moral obligation
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ethics
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– a systematic statement of right and wrong together with a philosophical system that both justifies and necessitates rules of conduct.
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formalism
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an approach to ethics that affirms an absolute morality
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morality
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values that guide our behavior (right and wrong)
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consequentialism
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concerns itself with the moral consequences of actions tather than with the morality of the actions themselves.
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protestant ethic
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a set of beliefs urging that human desire and indulgence be bent to gods will through hard work, self-denial, and rational planning.
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social cotract theory
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concerns itself with how to construct a just society given the many inegualities of wealth, knowledge, and social status.
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the good
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those moral goals and objectives we choose to pursue
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utilitarianism
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judges actions by usefulness, by whether they serve to increase the common good. (modern economics theory reflects utilitarianism)
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