Ethical Theories

Front 1

Define Moral Agent

Back 1

Anyone who moral rules apply to. -able to deliberation rationally about the future/actions
-anyone that we can claim that can do the right thing

Front 2

Define the Right/Obligatory:

Back 2

These are any and all actions that one morally must preform, and if one does not preform these actions, then one is morally wrong.
-moral duties
-ought or should do

Front 3

Define the Wrong

Back 3

Action that one must NOT preform, and if one does fail to fulfill his or her moral duty.

Front 4

Define The Good

Back 4

Things whoes existence or occurrence by itself makes the universe better

Front 5

Define The Bad

Back 5

Things whose existence or occurrence by itself makes the universe worse

Front 6

Define The Supererogatory

Back 6

Actions that you ought or is moreally best to do but are not obligated to perform.

Front 7

Define The Normative Reasons

Back 7

Consideration that morally count in favor of an action, but do not guarantee that the action is right or supererogatory.

Front 8

Define The Blameworthy

Back 8

Actiosn that make on subject to moral blame, but it needn't be morally wrong.

Front 9

Define the Praiseworthy

Back 9

Actiosn that make one subejct to moral praise.

Front 10

Define A Moral/Human Right

Back 10

being a moral right to a certain kind of treatment if and only if others are generally obligated to treat that individual that way even if treating them that way does not have the best consequences

Front 11

Define Actions subject to Force, Saction or Prior Restraint

Back 11

actions we(or a government) are morally premitted to actively prevent or discourage

Front 12

Define Ethical Theories

Back 12

it tells us which types of actions are right and wrong

Front 13

Define Teleological Theories

Back 13

it focuses on consequences. A theory is teleological if and only if the rightness or the wrongness of actions always depends in some way on the effects of the action.
EX
-ethical egoism
-Consequentialism

Front 14

Define Deontological Theories

Back 14

focus on aspects other than the consequences. It may focus on the motive of action, type of action, or whether the actions was commanded by God.
-Ethical Subjectivism
-Divine Command Theory
-Agent-Relative Cultural Relativism
-Any Ten Commandment type view

Front 15

Define Hybrid View

Back 15

have a mix of teleological and Deontological theories.
- an action is right if and only if it maximizes pleasure over pain and does not violate anyone's moral rights
- an action is right if it follows a set of social rules and if this set would maximize happiness better than anyother set.