Ethics Review

In Aristotle's virtue ethics, the word that represents a flourishing life, the goal of ethics.

• eudomoania
• philosophy
• bracketology
• nirvana

The ethical orientation that asks people to concentrate on the character as opposed to ethical rules.

• virtue ethics
• consequentialism
• deontology
• logical positivism

The ethical orientation that evaluates an act on its outcome

• deontology
• consequentialism
• virtue ethics
• logical positivism

The orientation of ethics that evaluates the maxim on the act itself

• deontology
• consequentialism
• virtue ethics
• logical positivism

Bentham's mathematical idea of how to maximize happiness

• calculus of felicity
• trigonometry of bliss
• statistics of the sublime
• algebra of joy

The idea that we are only obligated to pursue our own rational best interest

• egoism
• hedonism
• utilitarianism
• dogmatism

The idea that the pursuit of happiness is the highest ethical aim

• egoism
• rationalism
• hedonism
• utilitarianism

Kant's theory that we have an obligation to act in a way that we would only concede that everyone else could act as well.

• Categorical Imperative
• Third Formulation
• Madman at the Door
• Hospital Example

Kant's Third Formulation most famously states that

• YOu can't use people as a means to an end
• You can use people as a means to an end
• You can't use people exclusively as a means to an end
• Use people all you want

Palmer uses the "Beer or Shakespeare" example to show a counter argument with utilitarianism that...

• it is necessary to quantify quality in ethical distinctions
• Shakespeare is best enjoyed with a cold, adult beverage
• You can't trust ordinary people to make ethical distinctions, so only the educated can
• there is no distinction in ethics