Definitions + examples Flashcards
Intention
Def : the intellectual determination of the will
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Motive
Definition: the sensitive determination of the faculty of desire
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Values
motives that essentially prevent bad actions
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Temptation
Definition: the inclination to harm.
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Virtues
Definition:capacities allowing to exercise an effort in view of a greater good to a lesser one
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Sacrifice
Def:the rejection of actual pleasure in view of a higher good
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Sanction
Definition:instances that reattributes our actions
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Principle of utility
Def: practical principle stating that the goal of all actions is to achieve the greatest happiness for the greatest number
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Happiness
Definition: a constant state where pleasure surpasses pain
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Utility
DEfinition: the means to produce happiness
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Justice
def: the desire to punish specific person for hurting a specific victim
example: putting a criminal in prison for commiting a crime c
Imperfect obligation
Def:obligation that is not determined by any specific person, time and circumstances
Perfect obligation
Def:obligation that is determined buy a specific person, time , and circumstances
example: a well defined crime with a well defined person
Harm
Defintion: an action that causes actual pain to another
Example: punishing another one face
Preventive justice
Defintion: justice where punishment must contribute to the greatest good
example : Instead of cutting someones head for crime, we can make him work in prison and payback the family of the victim, and at the same time losing the suffering of the action and bringing happin
