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Normative Ethics Flashcards

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Deontological:

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Concerned with actions or duties

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Teleological:

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Concerned with the consequence/purpose of actions

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Absolutism:

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Ethics being true for all time, in all places and situations, does not depend on the situation

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Relativism:

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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

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Intrinsic good:

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something that is good within itself, good because of the kind of thing it is

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Instrumental good:

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something which is not good in itself but good because it leads to an intrinsic good

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Character-based ethics:

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A theory of ethics which focuses on the character or qualities of the moral agent rather than the act itself

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Prudence:

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Right reason applied to practise (cardinal virtue)

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Justice:

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Ensuring people get what is deserved/owed (cardinal virtue)

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Fortitude:

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Ability to develop courage, overcome fear and be steady in your will (cardinal virtue)

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Temperance:

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Restraint of the passions (cardinal virtue)

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What philosopher is virtue ethics attributed to?

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Aristotle

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What text was written by Aristotle?

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Nicomachean Ethics

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What is the word ‘Arete’ ?

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The Greek word for virtue or excellence

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Akrates:

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A person who is not capable of good acts

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Enkrates:

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A person who performs good acts but struggles to

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Sophron:

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A person who performs good acts out of habit and enjoys it

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How many virtues are there?

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12 moral and 9 intellectual

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Name a moral virtue:

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  • Courage
  • Temperance
  • Liberality
  • Munificence
  • High-mindedness
  • Right ambition
  • Good temper
  • Friendliness
  • Sincerity
  • Wittiness
  • Modesty
  • Just resentment
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Name an intellectual virtue:

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  • Technical skill
  • Scientific knowledge
  • Prudence (practical wisdom)
  • Intelligence (intuition)
  • Wisdom
  • Resourcefulness
  • Understanding
  • Judgement
  • Cleverness
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Eudaimonia:

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Flourishing that is only possible for rational people, the product of an ethical life and a form of the life itself

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What philosopher is Natural Moral Law attributed to?

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St Thomas Aquinas

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What text was written by Aquinas?

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Summa Theologica

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Eternal Law:

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Mind of God, known only to God

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