Utilitarianism
Pleasure and the absence of pain
What is utility?
An entitlement to act or have others act in a certain way
What is a right?
The power to do good or the habit of doing good
What is virtue?
Treat everyone as you would want to be treated
What is the golden rule?
Those resources that are shared and beneficial for all or most members of a given community
What is common good?
Produces the most good and least harm
What is the basis of utilitarianism?
Another name for moral right
What is natural right?
The notion that is at the heart of the virtue ethical approach
Moral Character
The engineer shall hold paramount the health, safety, and welfare of the public
What is the first canon in the engineering code of ethics?
The first philosopher to make mention of the common good in the work titled Politics.
What is Aristotle?
The 19th century
What is the century that John Stuart Mill wrote Utilitarianism?
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
What are the three unalienable rights?
Famous ancient Greek who developed the virtue approach
What is Aristotle?
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
The ethical perspective that common good gets compared to (often in a negative light) frequently
What is communitarian?
Jeremy Bentham
What is the founding father of classic utilitarianism?
Principles created by humans that reflect society's values
What is conventional rights?
A person that serves as a role model
What is moral exemplar?
This modern medical ethics code contains justice as one of its four core principles
What is the Hippocratic Oath?
The ethicist that defined the common good as "certain general conditions that are ... equally to everyone's advantage
What is John Rawls?
The ends justifying the means
What is the harm principle?
The right to do, believe, and say whatever we choose in our personal lives so long as we do not violate the rights of others
What is the right of privacy?
Justice, prudence, temperance, and fortitude are examples of
What are the cardinal virtues?
Highly influential book written by John Rawls in which he proposed that justice is fairness
What is A Theory Of Justice?
A problem of the common good approach in which people take the benefit created but refuse to contribute
What is the "free rider" problem?