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FINALS REVIEW ETHICS

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A person or society’s standards on what is right or wrong. Morality
The discipline that examines the “soundness, reasonableness, and appropriateness” of a person/society’s morality Ethics
The study of the nature of Good and Evil pertains to the moral judgements. Meta - ethics
Concerning practical means of determining a moral action Normative Ethics
Focuses on the consequences of actions, aiming to maximize overall wellbeing or utility. Consequentialism
Emphasizes moral duties and rules, regardless of the outcome, suggesting that certain actions are inherently right or wrong Deontology
Determines what should do in the real world problems Applied Ethics
comes from the Greek word ἦ θ ο ς (Ethos), me Ethics
Specific beliefs, behaviors, and ways of being derived from Moral
is a term used to describe the faculty of the mind to stimulate motivation of a purposeful activity The will
We are free freedom
Material perspective of freedom. One is free to do physical things. To have an ability to use, move and control your own body Physical Freedom
Free to make choices. An ability to be self-aware. Can act or not act, can act in this way or in that way Psychological Freedom
We are not free determinism
is required to do each of two (or more) actions The agent
IS A KIND OF A THOUGHT EXPERIMENT IN ETHICS CONCERNING ETHICAL DILEMMAS TROLLEY PROBLEM
can be resolved by simply clarifying the facts of the case in the question Ethical dilemmas
believe that it is not enough for a human person to do good in this world. Christian theologians
was a profound philosopher and theologian of all time. He developed Aristotelian Ethics applying Christianity. Thomas Aquinas
THE MORAL CODES THAT CREATED BY HUMAN HUMAN LAW
TO KNOW AND DO WHAT IS RIGHT NATURAL LAW
LAW THAT IS GIVEN THROUGH SACRED SCRIPTURES DIVINE LAW
THE LAW OF UNIVERSE ETERNAL LAW
THE CONSIDERATION OF A SPECIFIC SITUATION IN LIGHT OF MORAL’S KNOWLEDGE CONSCIENCE
LACK OR ABSENCE OF KNOWLEDGE IN A PERSON CAPABLE OF KNOWING A CERTAIN THING OR THINGS. IGNORANCE
THE AGENT COULD KNOW AND SHOULD KNOW CAN BE CLEARED UP IF ONE IS DILIGENT ENOUGH. VINCIBLE IGNORANCE
A MENTAL AGITATION OF DISTURBANCE BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE APPREHENSION OF SOME PRESENT OR IMMINENT DANGER. FEAR
STRONG TENDENCIES TOWARDS THE POSSESSION OF SOMETHING EVIL ACTIONS OF LUST OR GREED CONCUPISCENCE
STRONG TENDENCIES TOWARDS THE POSSESSION OF SOMETHING GOOD ACTIONS OF JOY, INSIPIRED, MOTIVATED PASSION
AN EXTERNAL FORCE APPLIED BY SOMEONE ON ANOTHER IN ORDER TO COMPEL HIM TO PERFORM AN ACTION AGAINST HIS WILL. VIOLENCE
An ethical theory that argues for the goodness of pleasure and the determination of right behavior based on the usefulness of the actions consequences UTILITARIANISM
HE PRINCIPLE OF UTILITY JEREMY BENTHAM
Our actions are governed by two “sovereign masters”--which he calls pleasure and pain. These “masters” are given to us by nature to help us determine what is good or bad and what ought to be done and not; they fasten our choices to their throne. JEREMY BENTHAM
common currency framework that calculates the pleasure that some actions can produce. FELICIFIC CALCULUS
JOHN STUART MIL (ELITE UTILITARIANISM) Critics called it as Pig Philosophy. Suggesting that Bentham’s logic would promote conspicuousness, allowing people to chase base pleasures in everyday life.
It refers to fair, equitable, and appropriate distribution or responsibilities or share or rights and roles, resources and privileges DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE
Refers to the infliction of punishment or penalty proportionate to the crime committed. In other words, no exemption in the merited penalty. CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Refers to just compensation for transactional problems such as breaches of contract and practice based on civil law. Rectify the person who did not observe his/her word of honor. RECTIFICATORY JUSTICE
Justice as the equal distribution of good and services (John Rawls). Egalitarians argued that justice means is essentially considered what is due is what is fair, equal, or perhaps fairness EGALITARIAN
Justice as the lack of restraints on individual liberty believed that individual have rights, such as right to liberty, life, property which those individual are entitled to enjoy as it does not interfere into the rights of others LIBERTARIAN
Eating, Drinking, Sex, etc. Lower Pleasures
Intellectuality, Creativity and Spirituality Higher Pleasures
Length of experience Pleasure duration
How soon there will be pleasure Propinquity
The pleasure will occur Certainty
How soon there will be pleasure Propinquity
is a field of interdisciplinary study which directly analyses being a gender and the concept of gender. Gender Studies
Gender differences exist - They are fundamental reality of our biology and impact our psychology. Our maleness and femaleness is a key concept to our personhood Existence of Differences:
Refers to biological differences; chromosomes, hormonal profiles, internal and external sex organs. This refers to the physical differences between people who are male, female or intersex Sex
Involves how a person identifies. Gender is not made up of binary forms but instead it is a broad spectrum. A person may identify at any point within this spectrum or outside of it. Gender
The Greek word meaning "self." Auto
The Greek word meaning "rule" or "law." Nomos
The right of an individual to be left alone and free from interference. Privacy
Permission given by a person after receiving adequate information. Informed Consent
The ability to think, decide, and act freely without hindrance Autonomy
Philosopher who defined autonomy as the capacity to think, decide, and act freely and independently. Gillon
Philosopher who believed people naturally pursue their own interests. Thomas Hobbes
The condition in which people exist before the establishment of government. State of Nature
Philosopher who viewed the State of Nature as a state of perfect liberty. John Locke
Author of Animal Liberation Peter Singer
Philosopher associated with the Capabilities Approach. Martha Nussbaum
One intrinsic end pursued by the Capabilities Approach Justice
The philosopher associated with the concept of speciesism. Peter Singer
Gender, on the other hand, has socially constructed set of roles and responsibilities associated with being girl and boy or women and men, and in some cultures a third or other gender. Social Construction
Not followed by sensations Purity
Numbers of person affected in pleasure Extent
Followed by sensations Fecundity
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