ETHICS: Week 3 Flashcards
Origin: Derived from societal norms, legal systems, religious doctrines, or cultural traditions.
EXTERNAL AUTHORIRY
Origin: Stems from an individual’s values, conscience, and sense of morality.
INTERNAL AUTHORITY
_____ refers to a system of rules, regulations, and principles established by a governing authority
LAW
multiplicity of _________
RELIGION (FAITH)
cultural relativism (aesthetic differences, religious differences, etiquette differences.)
CULTURE
______ defines cultural relativism as the position that claims that there is no such thing as objective truth in the realm of morality
JAMES RACHEL (1941-2003)
The starting point of _________ is the recognition that the individual thinking person is at the heart of all moral valuations.
SUBJECTIVISM
“Human beings are naturally self-centered so all our action are always already motivated by self-interest.
PSYCHOLOGICAL EGOISM
We should make our own ends, our own interest, as the single overriding concern.
ETHICAL EGOISM