Lecture 13: Ethics (no literature)

Question 1

What is consequentialism?

Answer 1

Consequences detemine ethical value

Question 2

What is utilitarianism?

Answer 2

Greatest good for greatest number of people

Question 3

What is the trolley problem?

Answer 3

Train will kill 5 people, but you can pull a lever and kill only 1 person. What will you do?

Most people don’t like to be psychologically involved

Question 4

What 2 philosophical ideas are involved in the trolley problem?

Answer 4

Consequentialism + utilitarianism

Question 5

What is the categorical imperative from Immanuel Kant? Which philosophical area is associated with it?

Answer 5

Acting only according to that rule whereby you know that it’s good if all people would do that all the time (universal rule)

Deontology

Question 6

What is deontology?

Answer 6

The ethical theory that uses rules to distinguish right from wrong

Question 7

What is culpa in causa? Give an example

Answer 7

The origins of reasons of some action bare blame

E.g. if one starts drinking, they have to accept later consequences of later troubles

Question 8

Which 2 ways of thinking are included in the code of ethics?

Answer 8

Deontology (rules) and consequentialist

Question 8

What do you have to do when the code of ethics is contradictory in a specific case?

Answer 8

Consult with your peers, precede with caution and weigh your actions very carefully

Question 9

What are 4 aspects of taking responsibility in applying psychological knowledge?

Answer 9

1. Don’t end up unintentionally mixing roles
2. Don’t make statements about other people’s mental status
3. Be mindful of not harming the profession
4. Don’t overestimate how much you know