Theory of Rights

Virtue ethics is concerned with the moral agent's character, but deontological ethics focuses on ___.

According to Kant, people have dignity and are worthy of ___ because they are rational beings.

Rules that we follow or acts that we do to achieve or gain something that we desire are called ___.

A ___ is a justified claim or entitlement to have something or act in a certain way.

While legal rights are formulated by the state, ___ rights are universal and stem from ethics.

One example of ___ rights is the right to shelter (adequate housing).

One example of a ___ right in other countries that is considered by others to be immoral is getting an abortion.

According to Kant, we should always treat a person not as a means only but as an ___.

Kant believed that all of our duties come from one ultimate principle, which he called the ___.

According to Kant, ___, which drives our actions and grounds our intentions, is "a good without qualification."