Lesson 5; Other Model of Moral Theories Flashcards
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Other Model of Moral Theories
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Authoritarian Ethics
Self-Realization Ethics
Pragmatism or American Ethics
Cultural Relativism
Communist Ethics
Power Ethics
Capitalist Ethics
2
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- an ethical system which claims that the goodness or badness of
human acts is based on authority.
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Authoritarian Ethics
3
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- Focuses on the fulfillment or the maximum realization of human
potentials or capacities. It inspires training and excellence in thinking, feeling and acting.
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Self-Realization Ethics
4
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- this ethical theory was popularized by William James
. It claims that the morality is not categorical but relative; that is, if an act works
well then, it is good; if not, then it is bad or immoral.
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Pragmatism or American ethics
5
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- claims that what is good or bad depends on or it’s relative to the norms
or standards of a particular culture.
Thus, what is good or bad to a particular culture is applicable Only for persons possessing or living in that culture.
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Cultural Relativism
6
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- an ethical theory, which focuses on equal distribution of goods and
services and of society’s burdens. It preaches universal brotherhood of man, society without
class distinction.
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Communist Ethics
7
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- claims that the ultimate good of man is power.
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Power Ethics
8
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, the
founder of this moral movement.
(power ethics)
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Friedrich Nietzsche
9
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- focuses on the distribution of goods based on individual contributions to the
economic pool of society. - It emphasizes the importance of individual freedom and the right to
accumulate wealth, to possess, and enjoy private property.
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Capitalist Ethics
