Famous Philosophers
A utilitarian philosopher who invented the felicific calculus.
Who is Jeremy Bentham?
A theory that judges the merit of an action by its outcome(s).
What is consequentialism?
A document establishing fundamental human rights written after WW2.
What is the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
A fallacy that relies on eliciting emotion rather than reason.
What is an ad personam fallacy?
A tendency to rely on one's existing beliefs.
What is belief bias?
Australian philosopher who wrote 'Famine, Affluence and Morality'.
Who is Peter Singer?
An ethical theory based on duty and obligation.
What is deontology?
The author of 'The Need for Roots'.
A fallacy that equates majority opinion with good reasoning.
What is ad populum?
The tendency to interpret information in a way that confirms one's preconceptions.
What is confirmation bias?
German philosopher who lived from 1724 to 1804.
Who is Immanuel Kant?
A doctrine that says there are no moral values.
What is moral nihilism?
Rights that provide something people need for their wellbeing.
What is a positive right?
A fallacy that attacks the person making an argument.
What is ad hominem?
Providing context which leads to different conclusions.
What is the framing effect?
A psychological researcher and philosopher who started Care Ethics.
Who is Carol Gilligan?
The idea that societies should accept others' differing values; there are no universal principles.
What is moral relativism?
The practice of treating members of one species as morally more important than members of other species.
What is speciesism?
What is a false dichotomy?
Relying on information that comes immediately to mind when making judgements.
What is the availability heuristic?
Who is John Harsanyi?
What is moral realism?
A theory of rights that says rightsholders have the capacity to alter the duties of others.
What is will theory?
What is begging the question?
Ideas, fads and beliefs grow as more people adopt them.
What is the bandwagon effect?