Lesson 5; Other Model of Moral Theories Flashcards
Other Model of Moral Theories
Authoritarian Ethics
Self-Realization Ethics
Pragmatism or American Ethics
Cultural Relativism
Communist Ethics
Power Ethics
Capitalist Ethics
- an ethical system which claims that the goodness or badness of
human acts is based on authority.
Authoritarian Ethics
- Focuses on the fulfillment or the maximum realization of human
potentials or capacities. It inspires training and excellence in thinking, feeling and acting.
Self-Realization Ethics
- this ethical theory was popularized by William James
.
Pragmatism or American ethics
- 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.
Cultural Relativism
- 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.
Communist Ethics
- claims that the ultimate good of man is power.
Power Ethics
, the
founder of this moral movement.
(power ethics)
Friedrich Nietzsche
- 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.
Capitalist Ethics
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.
Pragmatism or american ethics