Application of Ethical Theories - Quotes and Scholars Flashcards
Law of talion
‘Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed.’
- Genesis
Theft quotes - Natural Moral Law
‘it is lawful for a man to succor his own need by means of another’s property’ (starving man)
- Summa Theologica
‘it is not lawful to take another’s property in order to relieve one’s need’
- Summa Theologica
Theft quotes - Situation Ethics
‘the situationist follows a moral law or violates it according to love’s need’
‘there are no rules that are intrinsically valid or always obliging’
- Fletcher
‘the law of love is the ultimate law’
- Paul Tillich, Morality and Beyond
Theft quotes - Virtue Ethics
‘adultery, theft, murder… doing any of these things whatever is simply in error’
- Nicomachean Ethics
‘theft is an act of injustice because it takes what is due to another’
- Nicomachean Ethics
Lying quotes - Natural Moral Law
‘a lie offends against the fundamental relation of man and of his word to the Lord’
- Catholic Church Catechism
‘it is unnatural and undue for anyone to signify by words something that is not in his mind’
- Summa Theologica
‘it is lawful to hide the truth prudently’
- Summa Theologica
Lying quote - Virtue Ethics
‘what is false is based on the blameworthy’
- Nicomachean Ethics
Embryo research etc. quotes - Natural Moral Law
‘the human being is to be respected and treated as a person from the moment of conception’
- Benedict XVI
‘it is immoral to produce human embryos intended for exploitation’
- Catholic Church Catechism
Embryo research etc. quotes - Situation Ethics
‘man is a maker and a selector and a designer’
- Fletcher, Ethical aspects of genetic controls
‘if human rights conflict with human needs, let needs prevail’
- Fletcher, Ethical aspects of genetic controls
Abortion quotes - Natural Moral Law
‘The right to life is no less to be respected in the small infant just born than in the mature person’
- Vatican document
‘… given the doctrine of double effect, the woman is really lucky to have a cancerous uterus’
- Pojman
Abortion quotes - Situation Ethics
‘by ‘killing’ three thousand the doctor… prevented the murder of six thousand!’
- Fletcher
‘pregnancy when not wanted is a disease’
- Fletcher, Ethical aspects of genetic controls
Abortion quote - Virtue Ethics
‘The virtuous woman has such character traits as strength, independence, resoluteness…’
- Hursthouse, Virtue theory and abortion
Voluntary euthanasia etc. quotes - Natural Moral Law
‘It is God who remains the sovereign Master of life’
- CCC
‘It is not lawful for man to take his own life that he many pass to a happier life’
- Summa Theologica
Voluntary euthanasia etc. quote - Situation Ethics
‘To prolong life uselessly is to attack the moral status of a person’
- Fletcher, Morals and Medicine
Voluntary euthanasia etc. quotes - Virtue Ethics
‘To seek death in order to escape from poverty, or the pangs of love… is not the act of a courageous man, but rather of a coward.’
- Nicomachean Ethics
‘I will never give a deadly drug to anyone if asked for it.’
- The Hippocratic oath
Capital Punishment quotes - Natural Moral Law
‘… the cases in which the execution of the offender is an absolute necessity are very rare’
- CCC
‘It is lawful to kill an evildoer in so far as it is directed to the welfare of the whole community’
- Summa Theologica
Capital Punishment quote - Virtue Ethics
‘All virtue is summed up in dealing justly’
- Nicomachean Ethics
Non-human animals - Bentham
having moral status comes from the ability to experience pleasure and pain, which animals can do
Non-human animals - Singer
distinguishing between different creatures, and treating animals badly because of it is speciesist
Non-human animals - Scruton
- humanity is lessened if we enjoy the suffering of animals
- when researching for cures using animals, suffering should be kept to the minimum
Non-human animals quotes - Natural Moral Law
‘Man should honour the Creator in other creatures’
- Youcat
‘Everything that lives and moves about will be food for you’
- Summa Theologica
Non-human animals quote - Virtue Ethics
‘the exercise of compassion… involves focusing on the good of other animals’
- Hursthouse
