Ethical Systems
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| Feature of Utilitarianism | examines consequences versus intensions of action
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| Feature of Utilitarianism | greatest happiness for the greatest number of people
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| Feature of Utilitarianism | yeilds conclusions that do not conform to common sense
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| Moral theory of Hobbe's Social Contract | A persons rights flows from mutually beneficial constraints
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| Social Contract Ethics Weakness | may be prohibitions against acts that do not threaten social living
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| Social Contract Ethics Weakness | based on assumption about prehistoric humans
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| Social Contract Ethics Weakness | people have moral obligations only to participants in the contract
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| Social Contract Ethics Strength | Acceptance of the rules is based on others agreeing to them
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| Social Contract Ethics Strength | principal of reciprcity explains how criminals are to be treated
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| Social Contract Ethics Strength | explains when violations of the law may be justified
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| Statement about Utilitarianism | Actions are permissible if they promote the greater good
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| Supports Classical Utilitarian Theory | Laws should promote the greatest happiness of all
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| Does not support Classical Utilitarian Theory | It is wrong to kill innocent people
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| Does not support Classical Utilitarian Theory | God is in control and establishes morality
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| Supports Classical Utilitarian Theory | The principle of utility determines morality
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| Supports Classical Utilitarian Theory | No act may be prohibited unless it causes pain to another person
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| Supports Classical Utilitarian Theory | A moral act produces the greatest happiness
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| Weakness of Classical Utilitarian Ethics | allows for no personal rights
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| Strength of Classical Utilitarian Ethics | bases moral decisions only on the greater good
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| Weakness of Classical Utilitarian Ethics | implies that future obligations are relevant
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| Weakness of Classical Utilitarian Ethics | recognizes no special duties to loved ones
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| Strength of Classical Utilitarian Ethics | supports the belief that the results of acts determine their goodness
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