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Consequentialist theories
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the rightness or wrongness of an action depends solely on the goodness or badness of its consequences
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Ethical Egoism
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an act is right if and only if it best promotes the actor=s own interests
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Act Utilitarianism
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an act is right if and only if it produces at least as much total happiness as would any alternative act open to the actor
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Rule Utilitarianism
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an act is right if and only if it conforms to one of that set of rules, general adherence to which would produce at least as much total happiness as would adherence to any alternative set of rules
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Deontological theories
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some actions are intrinsically right or wrong regardless of their consequences
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Divine Command theory
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an act is right if and only if it is obedient to God=s commands/will
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Kantian theory
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treat others always as ends-in-themselves, never just as means to your own ends
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PRINCIPLE OF LEGALITY
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There should be no assignment of criminal liability except in accordance with fixed, clear, promulgated, preestablished law.
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PRINCIPLE OF GUILT
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There should be no assignment of criminal liability without (a) an overt voluntary act contrary to law (actus reus), (b) a guilty mental state (mens rea), and (c) an appropriate connection of (a) and (b)
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