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21 Cards in this Set
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Deontological Ethics |
The rightness of an act is not determined by consequences |
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Act Non-Consequential
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An act is right if and only if it feel right |
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Traditional |
An act is right if and only if it is according to tradition
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Divine Command |
An act is right iff god or some religious athority commands it
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Religious Authoritarian |
An act is right if and only if god or some religious authority commands it
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Religious Authoritarian Problems and Questions |
Problems:
Requires belief in god - if no \ diff god is an act right How do you determine the command of god? Holy writ - fallacy of begging the question Can consult conscious but everyone is diffo Religious authority have the same resources as us |
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Kant - Rational Ethic |
The basis of knowledge is reason
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Principles of Imperatives |
Non contradiction Treat humans as ends not meansAutonomy Freedom |
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Examples of Kantian Ethics |
Kantian ethics are based on duties
Perfect Self Perfect Other Imperfect Self Imperfect Other |
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Problems with Kantian ethics |
Critics say it's cold
They could a law of nature that is a law of lying where people lie when they need to and don't when they don't |
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Ross's Prima Facie Duties |
First face duties, If conflicts of Kantian duties, we choose the most obligatory prima facie duty to decide which duty to perform |
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Hume |
An act is right iff it is directed by passion or sentiment |
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Subjectivism |
Moral values may differ from person to person, so there is no right or wrong, just feelings about it |
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Contract Theory |
An act is right iff it conforms to an agreement \ contract
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Non-Normative Ethics |
Deals with the meaning of standards
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Factual Study \ Scientific |
Absolutist position view that there is one and only one moral code Relativist no single moral standard that is universally applicable to all people at all times |
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Meta-ethics |
Study of the meaning of ethical terms, statements, and systems
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Naturalism |
Ethical statements can be translated into non-ethical statements
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Non-naturalism |
Ethical statements cannot be translated into non-ethical statements
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Emotivism |
Ethical statements are used to evoke a response or simply to express an emotion. Subjective and non-verifiable.
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Non-Cognitivism |
Ethical statements are meaningless. |
