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11 Cards in this Set
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Virtue |
Habitually doing what is right- being good requires the practice of a certain kind of behaviour. |
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Vices |
The direct opposite of virtues- habitually wrong actions. |
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Utilitarianism |
Only pleasure and the absence or pain have utility or intrinsic value. |
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Universalisability |
If an act is right or wrong for one person in a situation, then it is right or wrong for anyone in that situation. |
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Synthetic Statements |
Statements that may be true or false and can be tested using experiences or senses. |
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Stewardship |
A way of interpreting the use of dominion, which sees humans as caretakers of the natural world. |
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Soft determinism |
The belief that determinism is true in many aspects, but we are still morally responsible for our actions. |
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Shallow Ecology |
The Earth is cared for to make conditions better for humans. |
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Prescriptivism |
A theory that ethical theories have an intrinsic sense so other people should agree with the statement and follow it. |
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Predestination |
The belief that God has decided who will be saved and who will not. |
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Personhood |
Definition of a human being as a person- having consciousness, self-awareness, ability to reason and self-sufficiency. |
