Social Contract Theory
The social contract theorist who states that people have the right to life, liberty, and property
What is John Locke?
The main consequentialist theory that states moral actions are those that maximize utility/pleasure and minimize pain
What is utilitarianism?
A value that functions as justice/morality for governments (often phrased as 'a government fulfilling its purpose')
What is governmental legitimacy?
Kant's philsophy determines whether something is good or bad based on the morality of the..
What is action?
The most important thing
What is value?
The theory that states rights and morality transcend borders so all people deserve equal consideration by all actors
What is cosmopolitanism?
A form of utilitarianism that maximizes utility through general principles
What is rule utilitarianism?
The value criterion that proposes focusing on helping disadvantaged groups to achieve justice or morality
What is minimizing structural oppression?
What kant does not condone treating people as
How to achieve/get to/maximize the most important thing
What is value criterion?
The utilitarian social contract
What is Bentham's constitutional theory?
The concept that those in need will benefit more from help than those who are not in need
What is marginal utility?
The ability to act independently
What is autonomy/sovereignty?
The reason I am not treating the pizza delivery driver as a mere means
What is autonomy and salary?
The part of speech that a value is expected to be
What is noun?
The ideal government that has limited power, just enough for police/defense to protect life and property, as described by Robert Nozick (the author of the famous Libertarian social contract theory in the novel 'Anarchy, State, and Utopia')
What is minimal state?
What is false?
The short phrase that means you cannot have a moral obligation to do something that you are physically unable to do
What is "ought implies can"?
Universal maxims do not apply to...
The part of a speech that a value criterion is expected to be
What is verb?
Thomas Hobbe's name for the strong sovereign power that should maintain social order and protect safety (also the name of his book about social contract theory)
What is Leviathin?
Robert Nozick's thought experiment to 'disprove' utilitarianism
What is the utility monster?
The philosopher who promoted 'justice as fairness' under two ordered principles 1. basic rights 2. equal opportunity + helping the least advantaged
What is John Rawls?
A principle everyone would agree to because no one wants this done to themselves (examples include no stealing and no lying)
What is universal maxim?
What must be done to win a round (can supercede framework if agreed upon by both debaters)
What is win condition?