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PHIL104
Ethics exam
Question | Answer |
---|---|
euthyphro | Plato |
Republic | Plato |
Apology | Plato |
Crito | Plato |
Nicomachean | Aristotle |
Summa Theologica | Aquinas |
Leviathan | Hobbes |
Two Treatise of Gov't | John Locke |
A Treatise of Human Nature | David Hume |
Intro to Princ. Of Morals and Legislature | Bentham |
Utilitarianism of Liberty | Mill |
Anarchical Fallacies | Bentham |
Groundwork | Kant |
egoism | driven by self interest, Psychological |
ethical egoism | driven by morals, Hobbes |
consequences | determines if actions are right or wrong |
rules | some actions are intrinsically wrong consequences |
virtue | excellent character traits, Socrates |
vice | too much/too little |
golden mean | strive for the middle path, deficiency mean excess |
Human Function | Reasoning, Aristotle |
Aristotle and Mill | intrinsic and instrumental value |
Natural law | protect and preserve own life |
doctrine of double effect | actions determine right and wrong. means -> ends -> future consequence |
natural rights | the right to choose the moral or immoral path (Locke) |
Lockean Proviso | only take what is absolutely necissary |
rational autonomy | justification (Kant) |
Dignity | absolute value |
utilitarianism | doing good for the greater amount of people |
morality -> benevolence | natural virtue: doing good |
justice -> benevolent self interest | artificial virtue: doing good only if its useful |
anarchical fallacies | false gov't, natural vs legal rights |