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Describe Nonconsequentialist Theory |
proponents claim that consequences do not, and should not, enter into judging whether actions or poeople are moral or immoral |
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What is a good example of a Nonconsequentialist theory? |
The Divine Command Theory |
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Describe the Divine Command Theory |
If one believes in God, then one has a set of moral commands, and an action is good or right if they obey those commands. |
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Divine Command Theory iis what type of Nonconsequentialist Theory? |
Rule Nonconsequentialist Theory |
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Intuitionism is what type of Nonconsequentialist Theory? |
Act Nonconsequentialist Theory |
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Describe Intutionism |
A person has an immediate sense of right and wrong, human beings had moral ideas long before philosophers created ethics study. |
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According to the Categorical Imperative, an act is immoral if... |
the rule that would autorize the act cannot be made into a rule for all humans to follow. |
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The Practical Imperative |
No person should be thought of or used as a means to an end |
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Kant believed a rule must be.. |
Universalizable |
