MIDTERM REVIEWER Flashcards
a set of codes that an individual uses to guide their behavior; same as “moral standards.”; a way of looking at ethical issues in a systematic manner.
Ethical Framework
5 Ethical Frameworks
Natural Law
Virtue Ethics
Deontological/Duty Ethics
Utilitarian
Love and Justice Framework
Who made Natural law?
St. Thomas Aquinas
Natural law is the __________ as far as it is made known by ____________
eternal law, human reason
Virtue Ethics is made by?
Aristotle
the golden mean; mean between two extremes.
virtue
4 cardinal virtues
courage, wisdom, temperance, justice
in virtue ethics, who is an ethical person?
the one who developed good character
questions in virtue ethics
What kind of person are you becoming?
Do you like the person youre becoming?
An ethical framework where obligation is expected and a duty-based approach that is based on universal principles
Deontological/Duty based ethics
Who made the duty based ethhics?
Immanuel Kant
What are the universal priciples?
honesty, fairness, justice and respect for persons or property.
Categorical Imperative #1
Act only according to that maxim by which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law.
- an action will become a universal law
Categorical Imperative #2
Act so that you can treat humanity, wheter in your own person or in that as another, always as an end and never as means to an end.
a form of consequentialism; ethical has good consequences, that is, the one that gives pleasure and happiness as a consequence.
Utilitarian/Consequentialist/Teleological
The people who made Utilitarian/Consequentialist/Teleological ethics?
John Stuart Mill and Jeremy Bentham
an act is ethical if it brings about the greatest good for the greatest number of those affected by the act.
The principle of the greatest good of the greatest number
What is hedonism?
pleasure seeking
An act is ethical if one gives the other more than what the other is due
Love and Justice Framework
Who made the Love and Justice Framework?
St. Thomas Aquinas
What is justice?
Justice is the minimum of love. Justice is giving the other what is due. Giving the person what he/she deserve.
What is Love?
Love is more than justice. Love is giving the other more than what is due.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0p1bmr0EmE
Love as moral framework?
Agapeic
is equal access to wealth, opportunities, and privileges within society.
SOCIAL JUSTICE
refers to those facilities – material, cultural, or institutional
COMMON GOOD
justice that is concerned with the distribution or allotment of goods, duties, and privileges in concert with the merits of individuals, and the best interests of society.
Distributive justice
Features of distributive justice:
Egalitarianism
Capitalist and free-market systems:
Socialists
Taxation
HOW WELL YOU DO THINGS; HOW WELL YOU LIVE; WELL-BEING)
Highest form of happiness
EUDAIMONIA
