morals choices

morals choices

•Morality is an inbuilt sense of what is right and wrong. The fact we have this suggests that it comes from somewhere – religious people believe this to be God.

There are 2 ethical theories on how moral choices can be made

• •A Utilitarian would argue the most moral thing to do would be to act in a way which benefits the majority. This principle is known as ‘the greatest good for the greatest number’

• Situation Ethics - doing the most loving action for the most loving consequence

Multiple Choice

What is utilitarianism?

• The greatest happiness for the greatest number

• The most loving thing

• Being a follower of the law

Multiple Choice

What is situation ethics?

• The most loving action?

• The greatest good for the greatest number

A word used in ethics is agape

• This means unconditional love and not doing an action for selfish means

Poll

Is agape an easy action?

• yes

• no

• depends on the action

There are different ways to see moral choices

• Absolute - the rules and laws on behaviour never change

• Relative - the way we act depends on the situation

Poll

Are you a relativist or an absolutist?

• relativist

• absolutist