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8 Cards in this Set
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Consideration of interests
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Singer, both human and animals have an interest to not endure pain. Why don't we hold a fully functioning animal over a brain dead person.
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Prima fascia obligations
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duties must perform to become a moral individual. Don't hurt oneself or others, don't lie.
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The ought
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ought is prescriptive and overriding and is a suggestion that is held above all others.
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Good, Right, Virtue
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Good-Mill, some situations are intrinsically good. Right, Kant, some ways of acting express genuine duties and are intrinsically right. Virtue, Aristotle, some things are intrinsically virtuous. To act rightly is to act with virtue.
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Moral Luck
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If someone is held morally responsible for their act is dependent on the outcome. If one performs a dangerous immoral act, is morally lucky, and no one gets hurt, are they responsible?
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Act vs. Rule Utilitarianism
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Act with the greatest good for the greatest amount of people. Consider alternatives, benefits and costs, choose greatest good.
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Unmoved Mover
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A higher power, or God, that controls all beings. After that it is a domino effect.
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The Categorical Imperative
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Kant, the idea of ethics and necessity. If it is necessary that a man eats, then he must do whatever it takes to eat.
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