application of ethics- human Flashcards
virtue ethics- capital punishment
Capital punishment is not discussed by Aristotle. As a punishment for various crimes, capital punishment was in use in Athenian society.
Virtue of justice is about rectifying / balancing / restoring the distribution of gain and loss ,where one person murders another, the balance still has to be rectified, even though the victim is dead, and the only way this can be done is for the state to kill the murderer.
Natural Moral Law- Abortion
Violates the primary precepts of preservation of innocent life and the secondary precepts of do not murder.
•Also violates worshiping God: God is the creator of human life so abortion murders that which God creates
•Human life is sacred as it is created in God’s image
•Catholic Church reinforces this and forbids abortion except under double effect (uterus cancer)
Natural moral law- Designer babies
Natural Moral Law- Embryo research, cloning
Natural Moral Law - Lying
Natural Moral Law- Theft
Virtue Ethics - Theft
Virtue Ethics Embryo research, Cloning & Design
Virtue Ethics - Abortion
Virtue Ethics- Euthanasia
Virtue Ethics- Capital Punishment
Situation Ethics - Theft
Situation Ethics - Lying
Situation Ethics - Embryo Research, Cloning and Design
Situation Ethics- Abortion
Situation Ethics- Euthanasia and assisted suicide
