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Chapter 12 Flashcards

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Value Judgment

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Assesses merit, desirability, praiseworthiness of someone/something

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Consistency Principle

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If separate cases aren’t different in any relevant way, should be treated same (vice versa)

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Moral Reasoning Principle 2

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If someone appears to be violating consistency principle, burden of proof on that person to prove not violating

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Consequentialism

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Consequence of decision, deed, policy determines moral value

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Utilitarianism

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If act produces more happiness that alternatives, right

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Duty Theory (Deontologism)

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Should perform action because moral duty, not consequence

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Hypothetical Imperative

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Command that is binding only if one interested in certain result (Kant)

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Categorical Imperative

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Absolute moral rule-holds unconditionally (Kant)

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Ethical Egoism

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If act produces more happiness for self, right

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Ethical Altruism

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Discounts own happiness for that of others

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Moral Relativism

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Right/wrong determined by group/culture

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Moral Subjectivism

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Right/wrong matter of opinion

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Religious Relativism

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Right/wrong depends on religious beliefs

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Religious Absolutism

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Correct moral principles accepted by “correct” religion

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15
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Virtue Ethics

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How to be (not what to do)

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Appeal to Precedent

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Using previously decided case to decide new similar case (Stare Decisis)

17
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Legal Moralism

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Law should make anything immoral illegal

18
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Harm Principle

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Only legitimate basis for forbidding X is that it causes harm to others

19
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Legal Paternalism

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Laws can be justified if prevent person from doing harm to self

20
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Offensive Principle

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Law forbidding X justifiable if causes great offense to others

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