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- Morality
- The standards that an individual or a group has about what is right or wrong or good or evil.
- Ethics
- The branch of Philosophy that tries to determine the right and good thing to do.
- Value
- Moral basis that shapes our thoughts, feelings, actions and perceptions.
- Relativism
- The view that human judgement is conditioned by factors such as acculturation and personal bias.
- Consequentialist Theory
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Morality is determined by by its non-moral consequences.
-Egoism - Non-Consequentialist Theory
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Morality is determined by something more that just its consequences.
- Divine Command Theory - Egoism
- We act morally when we act in a way that promotes our best long-term interests.
- Act Utilitarianism
- Action is moral if it produces the greatest amount of happiness for the greatest amount of people.
- Rule Utilitarianism
- We should act so that the rule governing our actions produces the greatest amount of happiness for the greatest amount of people.
- Divine Command Theory
- theory thats says we should always do the will of god.
- Categorical Imperative
- Theory that says to act as if the rule governing your action is a universal law; what is right for one, is right for all.
- Ethical Absolutism
- A view of a single correct and universally applicable moral standard.
- Ethical Relativism
- Views that denies the existence of a single universal moral standard.
- James Rachels
- Utilitarianist
- Jeremy Bentham
- Along with Mill, developed Utilitarianism, wrote Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation.
- John Stuart Mill
- Helped to develop Utilitarianism with Bentham.
- Aquinas' Theory of Natural Law
- Humanity can approach but not comprehend natural law.
- According to Kant, nothing is good without qualification, except?
- Nothing is good without qualification except a good will.
- How should we act according to the categorical imperative?
- Act as if everyone is did what you were doing, and what would happen if everyone did the opposite.
- What does Nietzsche hold?
- That god is dead and man has killed him with modern philosophies and beliefs.
- Who announces the death of God?
- The madman.
- Master Morality assigns high value to?
- Strength, Intelligence, Courage and Revenge.
- Slave Morality assigns high value to?
- sympathy, kindness, pity, patience, and humility.