Ethicists Flashcards
The basis of ethical conduct which is written in each human being’s heart: “Do good and avoid evil.”
Natural Law
Who proposed that the key to good ethical conduct is to follow the law.
Plato
Ethicist associated with virtue ethics i.e. decide ethical issues on what a person of virtue would do in this case.
Aristotle
Proposed that there are three components to making a moral choice: consider the morality of the objective action, the intention for which it is done and the circumstances in which it is done.
Thomas Aquinas
Proposed that the root of ethical theory is utility, agreeableness and benevolence; his theory is sentiment based facts because he believes that people’s emotions determine their goals,
David Hume
Proposed the ethical theory of the Categorical Imperative.
Immanuel Kant
What does the ethical theory of the Categorical Imperative propose?
That one should always act in a way that they would be willing to have one’s rules of practice made into a universal principal that would apply equally to everyone.
Proposed the ethical theory of Utilitarianism
John Stuart Mill
Who believed that your reasons for choosing how to act was the most important, stating that the highest stage was to do things based on universal ethical principles, justice being the highest ethical principle.
Lawrence Kohlberg
Who proposed an ethic of care that you should try to treat the other person as they would like to be treated, be attentive, a good listener, have empathy and respond to the others’ needs in service.
Nel Noddings
What does the ethical theory of Utilitarianism propose?
States that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness; wrong if they tend to produce the reverse of happiness; pleasure and freedom from pain are the only things desirable as ends.
