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Moral Theory
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Principle, supported by reasons (Justifications) that explain what makes actions right/wrong or persons good/bad.
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Value-Based Moral Theory
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Take the good as basic and use it to define the right. (applies to actions)
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Duty-based Moral theory
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Take duties as basic to define the right.
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Consequentialism
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A means to an end.
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Act Utilitarianism
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An action is right if and only if it will produce atleast as much net utility as any other alternative action.
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Rule Utilitariananism
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An action is right if and only if it falls under a rule general adherene to which will produc atleast as much net utility as general adherance th any competing rule.
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Perfectionism
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persistence of will in obtaining the optimal quality of spiritual, mental, physical, and material being.
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Divine Comand Theory
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An action is right if and only if god says so.
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Natural law theory
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An action is right if and only if in performing the action one does not directly violate any of the basic values.
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Kantian Ethics
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Good will is the only intrinsically good thing and that an action is only good if performed out of duty, rather than out of practical need or desire.
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Happiness/ Pleasure
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Happiness=Pleasure according to mill and bentham
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Higher Pleasures
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Pleasures of the mind
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Lower Pleasures
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Pleasures of the body
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Hedonic Calculus
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1.intensity:how strong is the pleasure2.duration: how long will it last3.Certainty:How likely it will occur4.propinquity: when will it happen5 fecundity:Chance it will happen again6.purity:Chance it won't happen again7.extent:how many people will if affect.
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Principle of Univeralizablity
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What woud happen if everyone acted similarly?
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