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Consequence-based Ethical Reasoning
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ethics | practice of deciding what is right or wrong in a reasoned, impartial manner |
| U.S. Democracy | representatives must vote for laws that are acceptable to the majority of people they represent |
| Constitution | seeks to protect the well-being of minorities that might be taken advantage of by the wrong actions of the majority |
| Civil Disobedience | Open, peaceful, violation of a law to protest its alleged or supposed injustice |
| No effective political methods are available to change the law | |
| The civil disobedience is nonviolent | |
| The civil disobedience does not advance a person’s immediate self-interest | |
| The civil disobedience is public and one willingly accepts the punishment for violating the law |