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Study flashcards for week 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ethics | A branch of philosophy dealing with values that relate to the nature of human conduct and values associated with that conduct. |
| Business Ethics | Balancing the goal of profits with values of individuals and society. |
| Positive Law | Law enacted and codified by governmental authority. |
| Natural Law | A system of principles to guide human conduct independent of, and sometimes contrary to, enacted law and discovered by man's rational intelligence. |
| Civil Disobedience | The term used when natural Law proponents violate positive law. |
| Kant's categorical imperative | A standard of ethics that requires that we avoid one-sided benefit for us as a result of the conduct or decision. |
| Theory of justice | The locke and Rawlsian standard for ethics that requires that we all agree on certain universal principles in advance. |
| Social contract | The agreement under Locke and Rawls as to what our ethical standards will be. |
| Rights theory | Nozick's theory of ethics that we all have a set of rights that must be honored and protected by government. |
| Entitlement theory | Another name for Nozick's theory that we all certain rights that must be honored and protected by the government. |
| Ethical egoism | Theory of ethics that we should all act in our own self-interest; the Ayn Rand theory that separates guilt from acting in our own self-interest. |
| Utilitarians | Theory of ethics based on doing the most good for the most people in making decisions. |
| Moral relativists | Those who make decisions based on circumstances and not on the basis of any predefined standards. |