Philosophy Flashcards
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Consequentialism
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The consequences of one’s conduct are the ultimate basis for any judgment about the rightness or wrongness of that conduct.
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Procedural Justice
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Procedural justice concerns the fairness and the transparency of the processes by which decisions are made
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Distributive Justice
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Fairness in the distribution of rights or resources
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Effective Altruism
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Encourages individuals to consider all causes and actions, and then act in the way that brings about the greatest positive impact, based on their values
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Utilitarianism
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The best moral action is the one that maximizes utility.
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Agnosticism
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The view that the truth values of certain claims — such as whether God, the divine, or the supernatural exist — are unknown and perhaps unknowable.
