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15 Cards in this Set
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Divine Command Theory |
Moral standards depend directly on what God wills |
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Principle of Universal Law |
Act only in accordance with a maxim that you can at the same time (rationally) will to be a universal law or principle (a version of Kant's categorical imperative |
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Ethical Egoism |
The morally right act, for any particular situation, is that act that produces the greatest amount of utility (or the least amount of disutility) for one's self |
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Psychological Egoism |
Maintains that all human choices - as a matter of psychological necessity - must be selfish choices motivated solely by what appears to us to be our interest |
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Hedonism |
An ethical tradition that maintains that there is just one fundamental good: pleasure (happiness) |
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Eudaimonia |
Concept of humans floursishing (happiness) that can only be attained when we achieve full fulfilment as human beings |
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The Golden Mean |
A virtuous act of feeling that achieves the proper balance between both excess and deficiency |
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Mean |
Something that is used as a tool or some way of attaining a desired end |
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Categorical Imperative |
A means for itself, and not another mean |
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Hypothetical Imperative |
To achieve another mean in order to get to an end |
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Kant |
Don't do anything for self-gain, but do it because it is the right thing |
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Utility |
That which makes a consequence desirable |
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Consequentalism |
A general approach to ethics that maintains that consequences - and only consequences - are what make something morally good or bad, right or wrong |
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Deontology |
Reject consequences as a basis for morality and instead tend to focus upon duties (characterized by principles regarding specific kinds of acts) and intentions |
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Virtues |
Specific character traits like - loyalty, compassion,and generosity - that have moral values in themselves |
