Normative Ethics Flashcards
Deontological:
Concerned with actions or duties
Teleological:
Concerned with the consequence/purpose of actions
Absolutism:
Ethics being true for all time, in all places and situations, does not depend on the situation
Relativism:
Idea that the moral standard is subjective to our situation, things are good or bad according to our perspective due to our culture/time period we live in
Intrinsic good:
something that is good within itself, good because of the kind of thing it is
Instrumental good:
something which is not good in itself but good because it leads to an intrinsic good
Character-based ethics:
A theory of ethics which focuses on the character or qualities of the moral agent rather than the act itself
Prudence:
Right reason applied to practise (cardinal virtue)
Justice:
Ensuring people get what is deserved/owed (cardinal virtue)
Fortitude:
Ability to develop courage, overcome fear and be steady in your will (cardinal virtue)
Temperance:
Restraint of the passions (cardinal virtue)
What philosopher is virtue ethics attributed to?
Aristotle
What text was written by Aristotle?
Nicomachean Ethics
What is the word ‘Arete’ ?
The Greek word for virtue or excellence
Akrates:
A person who is not capable of good acts
Enkrates:
A person who performs good acts but struggles to
Sophron:
A person who performs good acts out of habit and enjoys it
How many virtues are there?
12 moral and 9 intellectual
Name a moral virtue:
- Courage
- Temperance
- Liberality
- Munificence
- High-mindedness
- Right ambition
- Good temper
- Friendliness
- Sincerity
- Wittiness
- Modesty
- Just resentment
Name an intellectual virtue:
- Technical skill
- Scientific knowledge
- Prudence (practical wisdom)
- Intelligence (intuition)
- Wisdom
- Resourcefulness
- Understanding
- Judgement
- Cleverness
Eudaimonia:
Flourishing that is only possible for rational people, the product of an ethical life and a form of the life itself
What philosopher is Natural Moral Law attributed to?
St Thomas Aquinas
What text was written by Aquinas?
Summa Theologica
Eternal Law:
Mind of God, known only to God
