Ethics in America DSST|COMPREHENSIVE
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Is defined as the morally right act and the one that will bring the greatest
increase in overall well-being.
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1 Beneficience 2 Moral pluralism
3 Act utilitarianism 4 Double-effect principle
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Terms in this set (170)
, Beneficience The duty to help others in need.
Non-maleficience The duty to not harm others. This includes acts
committed or omitted. One example would be if
a doctor forgot to give a patient the correct care.
That they are self-evident. He called What did WD Ross believe about certain basic
them prima facie duties. moral principles?
Problem with prima facie duties They may not be self-evident to those who are
intellectually immature or those who haven't
thought about it enough.
Double-effect principle From Thomas Aquinas, and is used to describe
situations where harm is induced to cause good.
It is controversial, especially among utilitarians.
We should help others in danger If there is little risk and even if it is not in our self-
interest.
Joel Feinberg He wrote The Moral Limits of the Criminal Law,
which used 4 principles to determine legitimacy
of government intervention in individual freedom.
The Moral Limits of the Criminal Law 1. The Harm Principle (originally from John Stuart
Mill)
2. The Offence Principle
3. Paternalism
4. Legal Moralism
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS (100%
accurate solutions)| ALREADY GRADED A+
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Is defined as the morally right act and the one that will bring the greatest
increase in overall well-being.
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1 Beneficience 2 Moral pluralism
3 Act utilitarianism 4 Double-effect principle
Don't know?
Terms in this set (170)
, Beneficience The duty to help others in need.
Non-maleficience The duty to not harm others. This includes acts
committed or omitted. One example would be if
a doctor forgot to give a patient the correct care.
That they are self-evident. He called What did WD Ross believe about certain basic
them prima facie duties. moral principles?
Problem with prima facie duties They may not be self-evident to those who are
intellectually immature or those who haven't
thought about it enough.
Double-effect principle From Thomas Aquinas, and is used to describe
situations where harm is induced to cause good.
It is controversial, especially among utilitarians.
We should help others in danger If there is little risk and even if it is not in our self-
interest.
Joel Feinberg He wrote The Moral Limits of the Criminal Law,
which used 4 principles to determine legitimacy
of government intervention in individual freedom.
The Moral Limits of the Criminal Law 1. The Harm Principle (originally from John Stuart
Mill)
2. The Offence Principle
3. Paternalism
4. Legal Moralism
