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20 Cards in this Set
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Ethical Theory
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what is right or wrong
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Divine Command Theory
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it is right because God commanded it.
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Euthyphro Argument
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If God has reasons that support his commands, than the reasons are what makes the actions right or wrong and not just because he said so.
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Natural Law Theory
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(Thomas Aquinas) Form of Christian Ethics- God commands things because they are right. And the good actions are NATURAL.
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Doctrine of double effect
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aquinas -it is wrong to do a bad act intentionally to bring about a good consequence.
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9 year old girl brazil
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wrong to have abortion because it is never ok to purposely kill a life.
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Greatest Happiness- Utiliterianism
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Mill- what causes the most people to be happy. Treat others as yourselves.
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Qualitative Hedonism
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Mill- the quality of pleasure and happiness instead of the quantity.
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“It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied”
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NO - this is mills theory
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Consequentialism
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mills not looking at the motives for the act, only the consequences
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doctrine of the mean
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aristotle- the middle ground between not being too good or too bad. ie being between selflessness and selfishness is good
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Eudaimonia
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aristotle- happiness
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moral virtues
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courage, justice... whatever helps us live well in a community
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categorical imperative
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Kant- moral rule is good for everyone "golden rule"
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Inalienable right
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ones natural right
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heinz dillema
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hienz wife needs medicine, should he steal it?
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Mills
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utilitarianism- most people happy- quality of happiness
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Kant
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categorical imperitive- golden rule- universilizable
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Aquinas
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natural law theory, dde
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Aristotle
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Happinnes, doctrine of the mean, moral virtues
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