Exam 1 Flashcards
Capacity for pain and pleasure
Singer
equal consideration- don’t give more weight to human pain
Singer
greatest happiness principle- do the action that creates the most happiness or least pain
Singer
concerned for welfare
Singer
Moral status: experience subject of a life
Reagan
Experience subject of a life means…
aware of itself as an individual
aware/pursues welfare (dog with a stick)
Beings have belief
Reagan
Animals have inherent value
Reagan
Principle of equality: inherent equal values
Reagan
Capable of mortal reasoning
ability to use abstract moral principles
Moral Agent
not capable of moral reasoning, not capable of right and wrong
Moral Patient
humans have obligations of right and wrong, dogs do not
Reagan
minimize overriding of rights
comparable
violates as few rights as possible
mini-ride principle
non-comparable
do action that causes least harm
worse-off principle
criticizes Reagan and singer
Cohen
moral status: need to be a moral agent
Cohen
community of moral agents
last human on earth does not have rights
Cohen
not every human is a moral agent
cohen
looks at species as a whole not individuals
Cohen
moral agents do not have rights for moral patients
cohen
speciesism
cohen
no moral status- concept is unnecessary and creates problems
hursthouse
virtue-character trait-jesus
hursthouse
virtuous person never does wrong
hursthouse
justice model
donovan
equality/fairness
justice model
reason is narrow and scientific
justice model
individualistic/atomistic
justice model
reciprocal non-interference
justice model
abstract model
justice model
guided by value of care
care model
concrete/particular model
care model
default moral obligation is care
care model
relational conception of self
care model
emotion, imagination, reason
care model
