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10 Cards in this Set
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The thesis that culture have different moral beliefs and practices.
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Descriptive Cultural Relativism
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what is really morally right or wrong in a society is completly determined by the traditions,customs,beliefs of that society.
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Normative Cultural Realtivism
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good(hapiness) is pleaseure and absence of pain
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Hedonism
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The good is everyones happiness and not just my own
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Social Hedonism
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An action is right if it results in more pleasure and less pain for all
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Social Hedoinistic Consequentialism
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The thesis that the actin is right to the extent that it results in goodness
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Consequentialism
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actions are right if they result in more PLEASURE than alternative
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Greatest Happiness Princ.(CANNONT BE SUPREME PRINCIPLE OF MORALITY)
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6 attraction of Utilitarianism
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pleasure
results is not selfish calculation not religious common curtesy |
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the only thing anyone is capable of desiring/persuing is his/her own self interest
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Psychological Egoism(PE)
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the only thing a person ought to persue is his/her own well being
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Ethical Egoism(EE)
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