Ethics Virtue SPA/ Consequentialism

Question 1

Consequentialism

Answer 1

An action is right or wrong depending on the consequences that follow

Question 2

Utilitarianism

Answer 2

maximizes the amount of good and minimizes the amount of bad

Question 3

Principle of Utility

Answer 3

An action morally better to the exact amount of good and minimizes the amount of the bad for the largest set of people

Question 4

Egoistic Hedonism

Answer 4

I should always act to minimizes my own pleasure and minimize my OWN pain

Question 5

John Stuart Mill

Answer 5

He is known for defending individual liberty and free speech , and fighting for the equality of women

Recognizing the heightened need to address the suffering of the impoverished, and arguing for the inclusion of animals welfare in our ethical thinking

We can broadly differentiate bodily pleasure from mental pleasure

Question 6

content v. Happy

Answer 6

Content all desires are satisfied
Happy, not fully content, having some dissatisfactions

Question 6

Mental Pleasures

Answer 6

Intellectual pleasure, like satisfying curiosity, solving, puzzling problems, inventing , appreciating fine literature ,etc

No amount of bodily pleasure and pain can measure up to the value of the experience of our mind and moral feeling.

Mill distinguished between happy and content. to be content is to have all your desires satisfied

Question 7

Plato: Parts of soul

Answer 7

Spiritedness
Reason
Desire

Question 8

Eudemia

Answer 8

Living a flourishing life

Question 9

Platos 4 Virtues

Answer 9

Wisdom
courage
Moderation
Justice

Question 10

Aristotle Virtues

Answer 10

structure informed which informs excellence

Every Living thing has a Nutritive or Vegetative soul, and a rational or intellectual soul, sensitive soul

Question 11

Doctrine of the mean

Answer 11

Balance between access and defeat