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11 Cards in this Set
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Principle of the Golden Mean
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A moral virtue is a mean between two extreme vices.
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The vice of excess and the vice of deficiency
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Principle of Natural Law
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We ought to perform those actions that promote the values specified by the natural inclinations of human beings.
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Principle of Double Effect
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It is morally permissible to perform an action that has two effects, one good and the other bad, if certain conditions are met.
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Pauline Principle
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It is not morally permissible to do evil so good may follow.
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The end does not justify the means
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Principle of the Golden Rule
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Do unto others, as you would have them do unto you.
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Principle of Self-Interest
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One ought always to do whatever is one’s best interest.
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Principle of Social Contract
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One ought to agree to follow the set of rules that rational people would agree to obey, for their mutual benefit, provided that other people will obey them as well.
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Principle of Utility
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One ought always to do whatever will have the most utility for all concerned.
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Greatest Happiness Principle
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Principle of Equality
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The interests of every being affected by an action are to be taken into account and given the same weight as the like interests of any other being.
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Principle of Universality
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Act only from those personal rules that you can at the same time will to be universal moral laws.
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Categorical Imperative
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Principle of Respect for Autonomy
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Act in regard to all persons in ways that treat them as ends in themselves and never simply as means to accomplish the ends of others.
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Categorical Imperative
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