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25 Cards in this Set
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Forms of non-consequential Ethics
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Divine Command Theory, Kantian Ethics and Prima Facie Ethics.
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Forms of consequential ethics
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Egoism, Utilitarianism and Altruism.
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Socrates basic approach
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Asking, “What is it?”
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Two traditional subdivisions of moral philosophy
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normative ethics and meta ethics.
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A primary purpose of moral philosophy
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Provide guidance in resolving real life moral dilemmas.
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Seeing morality as a private choice
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Ethical Subjectivism
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A cultural relativist accepts
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majority opinion.
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Double think
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Belief in opposing views.
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Most American adults base their moral decisions on
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Cultural norms and laws.
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Post conventional moral reasoning typically bases reasoning on
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universal moral principles.
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A common phrase among utilitarian is
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The ends justify the means.
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Utilitarian’s give moral consideration to
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animals as well as humans.
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For Aristotle, the natural function of the victorious person is
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to reason well.
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The doctrine of the mean suggests
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between the extremes.
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John Stuart Mills suggests the goal of life is the seek
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Happiness.
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Jeremy Bentham suggests the goal of life is to seek
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Pleasure.
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Deontology denotes what?
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Duty
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Three versions of deontological theory
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Divine command, Kantian and Prima-Facie
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For deontologists, autonomous moral agents
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Use their reason to discern moral principles.
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A Kantian maxim
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Never merely treat a person as a means, but always as an end in itself.
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For Kant, moral maxims and duties are
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Universally Binding.
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“So act to treat humanity, whether in thane own person or any other person, in every case as an end in itself, not as a means only.”
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Immanuel Kant
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Prima-Facie
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At First Glance.
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Natural reason is the function of natural law for
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It is an imprint on us of the Divine light.
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Under natural law theory, something is morally right if
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It is consistent with reason.
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