Ethical overview Flashcards
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Values
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Personal beliefs about what is important and desirable
2
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Utilitarianism
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Promotes action based on END RESULT that produces most good.
End justifies the means
3
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Kantianism
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Decisions and actions are bound by a sense of duty
4
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Christian ethics
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Golden rule
5
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Natural Law Theories
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Doing good and avoiding evil
Human knowledge of the difference between good and evil directs decisions we make
6
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Ethical Egoism
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Decisions based on what is best for the individual making the decision
7
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Beneficence
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Duty to be good to others
8
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Nonmaleficence
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Don’t do bad things
9
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Veracity
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Truth
