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12 Cards in this Set
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Divine Command Theory |
-> What God says is good and bad is what should be followed. Strength: default back to God's law Weakness: Different interpretations |
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Relativism |
Societies moral guidelines determine good or bad. |
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Ethical egoism |
A prescription of how people should behave based on the outcome being positive for the individual (good). |
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Psychological egoism |
A description about how people are, selfish and act on their own self interest. Deference of self interest for short term pain for long term gain. |
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Contractarianism |
Actions are judged based on the mutual agreements in the social contracts. In accepting the rules of society, benefits of group life can be had. |
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Act Utilitarianism |
We should do the action that created the greatest amount of happiness for the most amount of people |
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Rule Utilitarianism |
Acting on the greatest good |
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Kantan Ethics |
Making yourself worthy of happiness by following the rules |
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Natural Law |
Do what you are designed to do. generalized descriptions about what is |
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Natural Rights |
Acting within your rights, without violating someone else's rights |
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Ethics of Care |
Feminist Questions is everyone is treated equally. Some Virtues are more ethically for women, some more for men. |
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Virtue ethics |
Act by striving to have all virtues and no vices |
