Ethics Flashcards
1
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Define deontological
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The approach to ethics in which the rightness or wrongness of an act is judged by its conformity to duties, rules and obligations
2
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Define teleological
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Ethical theories concerned with the purpose of actions and therefore consequences.
3
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Define character-based
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Ethical theories concerned more with the qualities of a person than the actions of a person.
4
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What kind of theory is a deontological ethical theory?
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Absolutist
5
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Example of a deontological ethical theory
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St Thomas Aquinas’ natural moral law
6
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Give an example of a teleological ethical theory
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Fletcher’s situation ethics
