Key Words

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Practical/ Applied Ethics

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Ethical theories are of values if they are not put into practice. Applied ethics focuses on the debates about specific dilemma

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Ethical theory

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The philosophical system for making moral decisions, analysing moral statements.

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Teleological

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Concerned with the end consequences of an action. (Consequentialist theories)

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Deontological

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Concerned with the nature of the act itself. Acts are right or wrong in themselves.

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Absolutist

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A name category for a person who has a fixed opinion on a situation; their choice of judgement cannot be changed by any situations.

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Morality

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The rightness or wrongness of something as judged by accepted moral standards.

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Moral sense

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Based on what somebody’s conscience suggests is right or wrong. Rather than on what rules or law says should’ve done.

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Realist

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People who only consider things as they are or appear to be, and avoid ideas and abstractions.

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Ethical system

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The umbrella term for normative ethics, descriptive ethics and meta ethics.

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Meta ethics

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It explores the function and meaning of moral languages.

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Descriptive ethics

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It describe and compare the different ways in which people and societies have answered moral questions

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Normative ethics

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It decides how people should ought to behave, how moral choices should be made and how the rules apply.

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Moral autonomy

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Oppose to religion; morality existing independently of religion. Morality is shaped by reason alone

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Moral theonomy

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Dependent on religion; morality is shaped by religious belief. It’s rules are taken directly from religious teachings.

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Moral heteronomy

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Inspired by religion; the principles behind both religious and ethical views are the same and come from God.

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Anthropomorphism

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The attribution of human characteristics or behaviour to a god, animal, or object.

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Deduction

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To figure something out based on what you already know.

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Induction

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A way to make sense of things by making specific observations and then drawing board conclusion based in those observations.

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Posterior

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Is knowledge dependent on experiences or empirical evidence. It is not knowable by reason alone.

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Give an example of posterior

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Some bachelors are very unhappy
All cats are black
She dyed her hair blue
There are white tigers

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Prior

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Is independent of experience. You can work it out using your reason alone.

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Give an example of prior.

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All widows have dead husband

A clock tells the time

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Empiricism

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Sense- knowledge through the external

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Rationalism

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Reasons- knowledge through the internal

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Entity

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Something that has a real existence (something that exist)

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Inalienable

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Not alienable; not being subjected to being taken away from a given away by the possessor.

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Fallaciousness

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Based on a mistake belief

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Self-evident

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Not needing to be demonstrated or explained (obvious)

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Coherent

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Logical and consistent

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Paradigm

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Typical example or pattern of something; a pattern or model.

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Rudimentary

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Involving a limited to basic principles.

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Imprudent

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Not showing care for the consequences of an action; rash

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Neonate

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A newborn child

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Infanticide

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The crime of the mother killing her child within a year of birth

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Anomaly

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Something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected

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Humane

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Having or showing compassion or benevolence.

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Prolonged

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Continuing for a long time or longer than usual; lengthy

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Counter-factual hypothesis

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If God interferes, then humanity cannot develop.

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Quickening

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The moment in pregnancy when the pregnant woman starts to feel or perceive fetal movements in the uterus.

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Agape

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Sacrificial love

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Era-dependant

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Something that was held/believed in that period of time of history.

It would seem to be outdated if it was taken and compared to this day