Facts, Values, and Ethical Reasoning Flashcards

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What are facts?

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Facts are claims about the world that have been, or can in principle be, verified by empirical methods.

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What are thick concepts?

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Claims that have both factual and evaluative content. E.g. the doctor was intimidating, the president is straight-talking.

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Define consequentialism.

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Of all the things a person might do at any given moment, the morally right action is the one with the best overall consequences.

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How might Utilitarianism define what is the right thing to do at any given moment?

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The right thing to do at any given moment is that which maximises pleasure and minimises pain/suffering.

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What would virtue ethics say would be the right thing to do in any given situation?

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A right act is the action a virtuous person would do in the same circumstances.

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