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Etymology: Ethics
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Scope of Ethics
Meta-ethics (the study of the concept of
ethics, value); what is the fundamental
nature of ethics or morality itself, including
whether it has any objective justification
Applied ethics (the study of the use of
ethical values); how a moral outcome can
be achieved in a specific situation
Moral Psychology (how moral capacity or
moral agency develops and its nature)
Naturalism
vs. Supernaturalism
Relativism
vs. Absolutism
Emotive
vs. Cognitive
Normative
vs. Descriptive
Glossary
the view of the world that takes account only of natural elements and
forces, excluding the supernatural or spiritual
doctrine of supernatural or divine agency as manifested in the world, in
human events, religious revelation, etc
The doctrine that no ideas or beliefs are universally true but that all are,
instead, relative that is, their validity depends on the circumstances
in which they are applied
theory holding that values, principles, etc., are absolute and not relative,
dependent, or changeable
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Value-based Theory
(Aristotle)
Consequence-based Theory
Utilitarianism
(teleology)
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The Divine Command Theory is the metaethical theory that moral values are commanded
by a god or gods; top-down moral
Christian believes that right means Gods will,
wrong means Gods wrath. Therefore moral is
an issue of following absolute commands of God
through the divine Words (revelation) or it is a
religious duty.
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Consequencialism
(Deontology or
act purely with intention of good)
(Teleology or
act with double intention)
intention
action
Kantian
(universal maxim)
effect
Utilitarianism
(hedonism)
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Reference
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