Parts of a
Moral Action
Moral Action
The results or outcomes of an action
What are the consequences?
The deontological phrase for the test to determine whether an action is part of the moral law
What is the categorical imperative?
Judges the morality of an action primarily on the consequences of that action
What is Consequentialism/Utilitarianism?
Judges the morality of an action primarily on the circumstances of that particular situation
What is Relativism?
My work is the foundation for deontology
Who is Immanuel Kant?
The reason why a person acts
What is the intention?
The utilitarian guideline that claims the moral action is the one that produces the greatest happiness for the greatest number
What is the Principle of Utility?
Judges the morality of an action primarily on how it impacts the agent of that action
What is Virtue Ethics?
Judges the morality of an action primarily on the object and intention of that action
What is Deontology?
Our work is the foundation for utilitarianism
Who are Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill?
The person performing the action
The deontological guideline that claims the moral action is the one that you can logically imagine and would want every other person doing all the time
What is the Formula of the Universal Law?
This approach says that the moral action is the one that fulfills one’s duty or obligation to the moral law
What is Deontology?
This approach says that the moral action is the one that produces the greatest amount of happiness for the greatest number of people
What is Utilitarianism?
Our work is the foundation for virtue ethics
Who are Aristotle and St. Thomas Aquinas?
The surrounding concerns in a moral scenario
What are the circumstances?
The utilitarian guideline that claims one must treat all people’s potential pain/pleasure with equal weight when considering the moral action
What is the Benevolent Spectator?
This approach says that the moral action is the one that best fits the individual person’s or local culture’s sense of right and wrong
What is Relativism?
This approach says that the moral action is the one that best contributes to the agent's good habits and moral character
What is Virtue Ethics?
The Greek word for “final cause” or “end” used by Aristotle to describe how all things strive toward a goal
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The Greek word used by Aristotle to describe humanity's purpose, i.e. happiness, fulfillment
What is telos?
What is eudaimonia?
What a person does or the action itself
What is the object?
The deontological guideline that claims one should treat human beings only as an end and never as a mere means
What is the Formula of the End in Itself?
A concern with this approach is that it struggles to quantify and compare happiness
What is Utilitarianism?
A concern with this approach is that the morality of an action can change depending simply on how one defines the action
What is Deontology?
I am the British philosopher who famously developed the Trolley Problem
Who is Philippa Foot?