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26 Cards in this Set
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Conventional Sexual Morality |
Sex outside of marriage is immoral |
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Liberal Sexual Morality |
Sex without love is immoral |
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Natural Law Theory |
Sex should only be used for creation of a child |
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Consent |
Mutual agreement to sex with another individual |
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Deception |
To lie |
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Occurant Coercion |
To physically harm |
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Dispositional Coercion |
To threaten |
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Humanity Principle |
Never treat anyone as means to an end |
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Anthropocentric Approach |
The belief that humans are the most significant species on the planet and that reality is assessed only through the human perspective |
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Sentience-Based Approach |
A sentient animal has the capacity to feel and is aware/conscious |
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Sentience |
The ability to experience sensations such as emotions, feelings, and consciousness/awareness |
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Biocentric Approach |
All living things have inherent value |
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Ecocentric Approach |
Value is placed on nature rather than humans |
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Speciesism |
The assignment of values and rights to individuals based on their species membership |
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Factory Farming |
Raising livestock using intensive methods where animals are confined indoors and held under strictly controlled conditions |
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Traditional Family Farming |
Livestock allowed outdoors, animals are allowed to live in more normal conditions. (more humane than factory farming) |
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Biophilia |
(Callicot/Leopold) Living things have inherent value, humans are apart of the environment not above it |
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Intrinsic Value |
An item or person with value in itself, it does not rely on another person/item to give it value |
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Instrumental Value |
Only valued as means to an end |
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Land |
Includes the biotic community, must be protected, has inherent value |
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Cost-Benefit Analysis |
The pros and cons of a decision are weighed out |
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Discount Rate |
A minimum interest rate at which is set to lend to banks.
The rate at which the value of an item decreases |
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Utilitarianism |
Decisions made based on the net happiness that will occur from the outcome of decisions made |
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Future Generations |
The generation yet to be born |
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Implicit Bias |
Attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understandings, actions, and decisions in unconsciously
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Insitutional Racism |
Social institutions giving negative treatment to a group of people based on their race |