unit 2 ethical theories

GREATEST GOOD FOR GREATEST NUMBER OF PEOPLE

• UTILITARIAN VIEW

• MORAL RIGHTS VIEW

LONG-TERM SELF-INTEREST OF INDIVIDUALS

• UTILITARIAN VIEW

• INDIVIDUALISM VIEW

RESPECT FOR AND PROTECTION OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF PEOPLE

• MORAL RIGHTS VIEW

• JUSTICE VIEW

TREAT PEOPLE IMPARTIALLY AND FAIRLY

• MORAL RIGHTS VIEW

• JUSTICE VIEW

THE RIGHT & WRONG IS CONSISTENT IN ALL PLACES OR CIRCUMSTANCES

• RELATIVISM

• ABSOLUTISM

PRINCIPLES OR RULES THAT GUIDE ACTIONS & JUDGEMENTS

• NORMATIVE ETHICS

• DESCRIPTIVE ETHICS

ANALYSIS OF SPECIFIC CONTROVERSIAL MORAL ISSUES.

• APPLIED ETHICS

• METAETHICS

ETHICAL DOCTRINE THAT HOLDS THAT INDIVIDUALS HAVE MORAL OBLIGATIONS TO HELP

• ETHICAL ALTRIUSM

• ETHICAL EGOISM

ETHICS DEPENDING ON PREVAILING CRICUMSTAMCES

• CONTEXTUAL

• COMTEMPORARY

EMOTIONS INFLUENCE DECISION-MAKING

• CONTEMPORARY

• COGNITIVE