Issues of human and non-human life and death Flashcards
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When Applying Natural law to an issue, what sould you consider?
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- Which of the primary precepts affect the issue
- Which secondary precepts have presented a ruling on the issue
- Whether double effect applies
- Whether the situation requires an unusual response
- The view of the Catholic Church
- Reference to the virtues
- What a proportionalist response might be
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When Applying Situation Ethics to an issue, what sould you consider?
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- What will work in the situation
- How love is affirmed by the action taken
- Whether what you propose puts people before laws
- What end is aimed at: understanding agape love
- What means we use to obtain that end
- What motive lies behind our act
- What the forseeable consequences are
- How we calculate love’s demands and act accordingly
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When Applying Virtue Ethics to an issue, what sould you consider?
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- Which virtues are to be developed in the situation
- Which vices are being demonstrated
- How the possible actions will encourage good habits/ character
- What the motives are for the various courses of action
- Whether there are factors involved that cannot be accounted for by using virtue theory
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Theft and Natural Law
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5
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Theft and Situation Ethics
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6
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Theft and Virtue Ethics
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7
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Lying and Natural Law
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8
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Lying and Situation Ethics
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9
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Lying and Virtue Ethics
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10
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Embryo research and designer babies: facts and ethical issues.
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11
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Embryo research and designer babies and Natural Law
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12
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Embryo research and designer babies and Situation Ethics
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13
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Embryo research and designer babies and Virtue Ethics
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14
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Abortion: facts and ethical issues
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15
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Abortion and Natural Law
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