Week 2 Notes Flashcards
_______________- good outcome or consequence
Consequentialism
___________- duty or obligation based on ethics
Deontology
According to ______________, consequences of a particular action for the basis for valid moral judgment about that action
consequentialism
According to ______________, morally right action is one that produces a good outcome, or consequence
consequentialism
According to _______________, every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue —Demosthenes 384 – 322 BC
consequentialism
According to consequentialism, consequences of a particular action for the basis for ______ ______ _________ about that action
valid moral judgment
According to consequentialism, morally right action is one that produces a good ________, or ___________
outcome
consequence
According to consequentialism, every advantage in the _____ is judged in the light of the ______ ______ —Demosthenes 384 – 322 BC
past
final issue
According to __________, you focus on the rightness or wrongness of actions themselves
deontology
According to __________, ignores the rightness or wrongness of the consequences of those actions
deontology
According to __________, Kant placed liars at level of murderers
deontology
Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) was a consequentialist, deontologist, or utilitarianist?
deontologist
According to deontology, you focus on the _________ or __________ of actions themselves
rightness
wrongness
According to deontology, ignores the rightness or wrongness of the ____________ of those actions
consequences
According to deontology, Kant placed liars at level of _________
murderers
____________ focuses on the greatest good for the greatest many
Utilitarianism
Jeremy Bentham (1748 -1832) and John Stuart Mills (1806 –1873) were consequentialists, deontologists, or utilitarianists?
utilitarianists
According to ____________, the moral worth of an action is solely determined by its contribution to overall utility
utilitarianism
According to ____________, the principle of utility states that actions or behaviors are right in so far as they promote happiness or pleasure, wrong as they tend to produce unhappiness or pain
utilitarianism
According to utilitarianism, the moral worth of an action is solely determined by its ____________ to overall _______
contribution
utility
According to utilitarianism, the principle of utility states that actions or behaviors are right in so far as they promote _________ or _________, wrong as they tend to produce unhappiness or pain
happiness
pleasure
According to utilitarianism, the principle of utility states that actions or behaviors are right in so far as they promote happiness or pleasure, wrong as they tend to produce ___________ or ______
unhappiness
pain
Is this Kantianism or Utilitarianism:
The ethically relevant feature of an act is
it’s motive
Kantianism
Is this Kantianism or Utilitarianism:
The ethically relevant feature of an act is
its consequences
Utilitarianism
Is this Kantianism or Utilitarianism:
Its basic value is
Autonomy
Kantianism
Is this Kantianism or Utilitarianism:
Its basic value is
Pleasure/Happiness
Utilitarianism
Is this Kantianism or Utilitarianism:
Its ethical imperative is
respect autonomy
Kantianism
Is this Kantianism or Utilitarianism:
Its ethical imperative is
promote pleasure/happiness
Utilitarianism
Is this Kantianism or Utilitarianism:
Choices are evaluated from
Chooser’s point of view
Kantianism
Is this Kantianism or Utilitarianism:
Choices are evaluated from
Impersonal point of view
Utilitarianism
Is this Kantianism or Utilitarianism:
Test for ethical correctness
Categorical Imperative: unconditional moral obligation
Kantianism
Is this Kantianism or Utilitarianism:
Test for ethical correctness
Utility calculation
Utilitarianism
What is Issac Asimov’s 3 laws of robotics?
1) robot may not injure a human, r through inaction allow a human to be harmed
2) robot must obey the orders given to it by humans, except if it conflicts rules #1
3) A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection doesn’t conflict with the 1st or 2nd law
