Ethical Truths
Morality depends on the norms and values of one's culture.
What is Relativism?
An ethical theory that determines what is right based on the consequences.
What is consequentialism?
The fathers of Utilitarianism.
Who are Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill?
An example of a modern day Ethics of Rights framework.
What is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
A decision about what one should do in a morally problematic situation.
What is a moral judgment?
There are universal ethical moral principles by which all people's actions can be morally judged.
What is Absolutism?
What is Egoism?
The Utilitarian philosopher who claims that all human and non-human animal suffering counts.
Who is Peter Singer?
An ethical theory based on duty, respect, and integrity.
What is Ethics of Rights?
A situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two courses of action (or horns), either of which entails transgressing a moral principle.
What is a moral dilemma?
The moral principles that govern a person's behavior or the conducting of an activity
What is Ethics?
An ethical theory that determines the right thing to do based on the consequences that are most beneficial for the most people.
What is Utilitarianism?
The unit of measure that John Stuart Mill used to determine if the consequence was morally acceptable.
What is happiness?
Individuals in a community that have an entitlement or claim on someone else in a community.
Who are rights holders?
A belief or principle which is perceived as extremely morally necessary
What is an imperative?
Different conflicting ethical values are equally valid.
What is ethical pluralism?
An ethical theory that determines the morality of an action based on how much the action aligns with one's duty.
What is deontology?
The unit of measure that Jeremy Bentham used to determine if the consequence for the greatest number of people is morally acceptable.
What is a pleasure?
Individuals in a community that have an obligation to other communities members.
Who are rights observers?
The principle that Jeremy Bentham used to determine whether something was morally acceptable for the greatest number of people.
What is the principle of utility?
The use of moral reasoning to apply the ethical principles of beneficence and respect for ALL persons and communities.
What is Ethical Multiculturalism?
An ethical theory that determines the right thing to do based on how aligned ones actions are with God's command.
What is Divine Command Theory?
The philosopher who argued that the right thing to do is based on duties established by reason and can be stated as a categorical imperative.
Who is Kant?
Rights that provide something that people need to secure their well being, such as a right to an education.
What are positive rights?
A moral law that is unconditional or absolute for all agents and can be willed upon one's self.
What is a Categorical Imperative?