ethical theory Flashcards
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What is an ethical theory?
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It also helps provide a complete systematic answer to the big question of what should I do and how should I live.
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What are the four parts that make up an ethical theory?
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Value theory, Meta-ethics, Normative Ethics, and Applied ethics
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Value theory
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Tells us what fundamentally valuable that the moral conduct seek to realize. This tells us what is internally good and what is eternally evil.
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Meta-ethics
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The meaning of the key moral concepts used in the rules that humans must abide by.
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Normative Ethics
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Is just general rules that everyday citizens should abide by.
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Applied Ethics
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Is a system of connecting general moral rules to specific ethical dilemma we face.
