religion unit 3 aos 1 Flashcards
What are Ethics:
Moral principles that govern a persons behaviour/conduct of an activity.
Help to understand right from wrong
Ought Ethics:
Moral theories that determine what a person ought to do based on duty, obligation, or principles rather than consequences.
Strengths of ought ethics:
Clear, consistent moral duty
Apologize, forgive, forget
Respect the dignity of the human
Weakness of ought ethics:
Rigid, impractical
Implies other party involved will forgive as well
Moral Relativism
Philosophical idea that moral principles are NOT absolute but depend on cultural, social or personal perspectives.
Moral Absolutism
Philosophy that moral principles are absolute and all people, cultures, religions have a collective + agreed understanding of this. (All know for certain)
Connections of Ethics to our other 9 Aspects (Beliefs, Texts, Sacred Stories, Spiritual Experiences, Rituals etc.)
Beliefs
Rituals
Sacred stories
Spaces, places, times + artifacts
Texts
Spiritual experiences
Ethics
Social structures
Symbols
Every religion has a code of ethics which are:
embedded in the faith, seen, lived, and experienced through other aspects
Virtue Ethics
Emphasizes the role of character and virtue in moral philosophy rather than either doing one’s duty or acting in order to bring about good consequences.
NICOMACHEAN ETHICS:
Courage
Temperance
Liberality
Magnificence
Magnanimity
Proper ambition
Patience
Truthfulness
Wittiness
Friendliness
Modesty
Righteous indignation
INTELLECTUAL VIRTUES:
Nous (intelligence)
Episteme (science)
Sophia (theoretical wisdom)
CHALLENGES WITH VIRTUE ETHICS:
Not everyone is motivated by character/virtue
Self-centered
Leaves us to moral luck
Utilitarian Approach
Maximizes overall survival + minimizes suffering
Weigh immediate harm against long-term consequences and raises questions about fairness, morality, collective responsibility
Natural Law
Ethical theory that claims that humans are born with a certain moral compass that guides behaviour.
(Distinguishes the rights and wrongs in life.)
Adolf Eichmann:
Managing the mass deportation of Jews to killing centers in the German-occupied East, amongst the organizers of the Holocaust.
Participated in high-level discussions about the annihilation of the Jews in 1941, later repeatedly claims he had no ill-will against them.
