Ethical theories examples:

Question 1

Bentham (Utilitarianism)

Answer 1

“Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. It is for them, alone to point out what we ought to do, as well as to determine what we shall do.”

Question 2

Joseph Fletcher (Situation ethics)

Answer 2

“Only one thing is intrinsically good; namely love and nothing else at all.

Question 3

Thomas Aquinas

Answer 3

“To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.”

Question 4

Aristotle (The Nicomachean ethics)

Answer 4

“Shall we not, like archers who have a mark to aim at, be more likely to hit upon what is right?”