Natural Law Key Words

Question 1

Teleological

Answer 1

Teleological ethics focus on the consequences/result which any action might have

Question 2

Deontological

Answer 2

In deontological ethics the rightness or wrongness of an action is because of the act

Question 3

Efficient cause

Answer 3

What brought something into existence

Question 4

Material cause

Answer 4

What something is made of

Question 5

Formal cause

Answer 5

What shape or form something takes

Question 6

Final cause

Answer 6

The purpose of something

Question 7

Telos

Answer 7

Greek term meaning end or purpose

Question 8

Absolute

Answer 8

Value or principle which is regarded as universally valid or which may be viewed without relation to other things

Question 9

Virtue

Answer 9

Behaviour showing high moral standards

Question 10

Eudaimonia

Answer 10

Human flourishing

Question 11

Double Doctrine Effect

Answer 11

Explain an action that causes serious harm to be permitted, such as the death of a person, as a side effect of promoting some good end

Question 12

Natural law

Answer 12

Unchanging moral principles regarded as a basis for all human conduct

Question 13

Rational Principle

Answer 13

Assumption that people try to reach their goals

Question 14

Synderesis

Answer 14

An innate principle or natural disposition directing people towards good and away from evil

Question 15

Real good

Answer 15

When we have used our reason to correctly work out what is good

Question 16

Apparent good

Answer 16

When a person has applied their reason in a wrong way and not correctly worked out what is good, leading them to do bad even though their intention was good