ETHICS 3

• utilitarianism


  This perspective focuses on consequences and results and the pursuit of the common good, a central goal to maximize happiness and minimize suffering for most people.
• utilitarianism


  what is morally rights is what generates the best outcome for the largest number of people
• utilitarianism


  will point to the fact that the consequence of doing so will maximize well-being
• deontology


  what is moral is what follows from absolute moral duties
• deontology


  focused on binding rules and one's obligation and duty tyo family, country, church, or other, etc.
• deontology


  one's motive is important; results or consequences of one's actions are not the focus.
• deontology


  do unto others as you would be done by
• virtue ethics

  what is moral is what makes us the best person we can be
• virtue ethics


  This perspective argues that ethical actions ought to be consistent with certain ideal virtues that provide for the full developmental of humanity.
• virtue ethics


  "what kind of person will I become if i do this?" or "is this action consistent with my acting at my best"?
• virtue ethics


  To the fact that helping the person would be charitable or benevolent
• right based ethics


  what is moral is that which is in accord with everyone's rights.
• rights-based ethics


  This perspective is about rights and agreements between people; not necessarily about character, consequence, or priniciples.
• care-based ethics


  what is moral is that which promotes healthy relationships and the well being or individuals and their independence.
• care-based ethics


  Rooted in relationships and in the need to listen and respond to individuals in their specific circumstances, rather than merely following rules or calculating itulity.
• consequentialism


  a theory that says wether something is good or bad depend on its outcome.
• consequentialism 


  an action that brings about more benefit than harm is good, while an action that causes more harm that benefits is not good.
• consequentialism 


  The most famous version this theory is utilitarianism
• consequentialism


  emphasizes the idea of maximizing overall happiness or pleasure as the fundamental principle for determining what is morally right or wrong.
• Jeremy bentham


  This basic form of consequentialism holds an action as ethical if and only of negative/pain-causing ones.
• John Stuart Mill


  The student who disagreed with Bentham: we should figure out which set of rules would create the most happiness over an extended period of time.
• consequentialism

  According to this theory, it would be unethical for you to spend time on an empty street at two o’clock in the morning. Even if nobody would be hurt, our speeding laws mean less people are harmed overall. Keeping to those rules ensures that.
• deon


  deontology came from the ancient greek word?
• duty


  what does the greek word deon mean?
• deontology


  An ethical theory that says actions are good and bad according to a clear set of rules.
• deontology


  this ethical theory is most closely associated with german philosopher, immanuel kant
• deontology


  some people call it the "rule-based theory"
• deontologist


  require us to follow universal rules we give ourselves.
• maxim


  our reason for doing the right thing is also important
• deontology


  we should do our duty for no other reason than because it's the right thing to do.
• perfect duty 


  You can't obey it a little bit- either you kill innocent people or you don't. There's no middle ground.
• imperfect duties

  we can all spend different amounts of time on education and each is fulfilling our obligation. How much we commit to this is up to us.