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29 Cards in this Set
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an ethical approach that believes that there are moral absolutes in the world and all actions are anchored into it |
moral absolutism |
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it is an absolute standard to be followed by people regardless of their age, culture, gender, and the event or circumstances that they are in. |
moral absolutism |
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the standards are in no way should be compromised for it is absolute |
moral absolutism |
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it is usually adopted and practiced by religious such as christianism |
moral absolutism |
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there are no objective moral values or normative facts |
moral anti-realism |
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which holds that there are objective moral values such a that moral claim may be either true or false. |
moral realism |
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the view that there are facts of the matter about which actions are right and which wrong, and about which things are good and which bad. |
moral realism |
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is the position that ethical sentences express propositions that refer to objective features of the world, some of which may be true to the extent that they report those features |
moral realism |
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no objective moral values or normative facts |
moral anti-realism |
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objective moral values and any moral claim is therefore either true or false |
moral realism |
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the idea that there is no universal or absolute set of moral principles |
moral relativism |
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it's a version of morality that advocates "to each her own,"and those who follow it say, "who am i to judge?" |
moral relativism |
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is on the opposite end of the continuum from moral absolutism, which says that there is always one right answer to any ethical question. |
moral relativism |
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"all similarly situated individuals", regardless of culture, race, sex, religion, nationality, sexuality, or any other distinguishing feature. |
moral universalism |
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is opposed to moral nihilism and moral relativism |
moral universalism |
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believes that nothing is right or wrong |
moral nihilism |
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is the metaethical view that nothing is morally right or morally wrong and that morality doesn't exist |
moral nihilism |
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a belief that there are no absolute morals that apply to everyone, because they can change and be given meaning by humans. |
moral nihilism |
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refers to doubt about moral arguments and judgements about right and wrong |
moral skepticism |
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includes dogmatic skepticism that denies the possibility of moral knowledge and practical skepticism which examines whether moral judgements makes sense and should be applied. |
moral skepticism |
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is a meta ethical view that ethical propositions do not express statements and therefore must not be true or false |
non cognitivism |
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disagree with the cognitivist claim that "moral judgements explain the characteristics of the world and may be objectively true" |
non-cognitivism |
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disagree with someone saying "'eating meat is wrong' is a false statement" |
non-cognitivism |
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a theory of learning that focuses on processes of the mind |
cognitivism |
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states that the way we learn is determined by the way our mind takes in, stores, processes, and then accesses information. |
cognitivism |
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an ethical theory that determines right from wrong by focusing on outcomes |
utilitarianism |
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holds that the most ethical choice is the one that will produce the greatest good for the greatest number |
utilitarianism |
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belief that it is right if it tends to promote happiness or pleasure and wrong if it tends to produce an happiness or pain, not just for the performer of the action but also for everyone else affected by it. |
utilitarianism |
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believe that the purpose of morality is to make life better by increasing the amount of good things in the world and decreasing the amount of bad things |
utilitarians |
