KIN 308
End Result ethics - ANS-The moral rightness of an action is determined by considering
its CONSEQUENCES
(focuses on outcome and happiness) (result, outcome, happiness, pleasure)
To determine if an action is right or wrong, one must concentrate on its likely
consequences. - ANS-End result ethics
Rules of action must take their character from the end to which they are subservient. -
ANS-End result ethics
Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to
produce the reverse of happiness. - ANS-End result ethics
Happiness may be defined as the presence of pleasure and the absece of pain. -
ANS-End result ethics
Since each desires his or her own happiness, this is sufficient reason to posit happiness
as an ultimate end. - ANS-End result ethics
Because happiness is the sole end of human action, the promotion of it is the criterion
of morality. - ANS-End result ethics
An action has utility to the extent that it can produce happiness or prevent unhappiness.
- ANS-End result ethics
The happiness that determines what is right in conduct is not the agents own
happiness, but that of all concerned. - ANS-End result ethics
An action is right from an ethical point of view if and only if the sum total of utilities
produced by that act is greater than the sum total of utilities produced by any other act
the agent could have preformed in its place. - ANS-End result ethics
Utility serves as the common umpire as choosing between incompatible moral
obligations. - ANS-End result ethics
, Rule based Ethics - ANS-The moral rightness of an action is determined by LAWS and
STANDARDS
(principles=rules) (virtue, perfection, categorial, ends not means)
All moral concepts have their seat and origin in reason completely a priori, and therefore
cannot be abstracted from any empirical knowledge. - ANS-Rule based ethics
We may act from grounds of compulsion (jurisprudence) or from those of the intrinsic
goodness of the action (ethics) - ANS-Rule based ethics
Individuals should take their stand on principles and restrain themselves by rules. -
ANS-Rule based ethics
To practice virtue is to act on principles. - ANS-Rule based ethics
⭐️ The ultimate good is a life of virtue rather than a life of pleasure. - ANS-Rule based
ethics
Virtue is an Idea, and we should all strive to attain as near as possible to the Idea. -
ANS-Rule based ethics
Individuals should evaluate themselves by comparing themselves with the Idea of
perfection not by comparing themselves with others. - ANS-Rule based ethics
We should beware of adjusting the moral law to fit our own actions: rather, we should
adjust our actions to fit the moral law. - ANS-Rule based ethics
Act as if the principles underlying your action were to become a general law for all
humankind. - ANS-Rule based ethics
Always treat others as ends in themselves, never merely as a means. - ANS-Rule
based ethics
Social contract ethics - ANS-The moral rightness of an action is determined by the
CUSTOMS and NORMS of a particular community
(rights and responsibility)
(general will, association, community)
End Result ethics - ANS-The moral rightness of an action is determined by considering
its CONSEQUENCES
(focuses on outcome and happiness) (result, outcome, happiness, pleasure)
To determine if an action is right or wrong, one must concentrate on its likely
consequences. - ANS-End result ethics
Rules of action must take their character from the end to which they are subservient. -
ANS-End result ethics
Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to
produce the reverse of happiness. - ANS-End result ethics
Happiness may be defined as the presence of pleasure and the absece of pain. -
ANS-End result ethics
Since each desires his or her own happiness, this is sufficient reason to posit happiness
as an ultimate end. - ANS-End result ethics
Because happiness is the sole end of human action, the promotion of it is the criterion
of morality. - ANS-End result ethics
An action has utility to the extent that it can produce happiness or prevent unhappiness.
- ANS-End result ethics
The happiness that determines what is right in conduct is not the agents own
happiness, but that of all concerned. - ANS-End result ethics
An action is right from an ethical point of view if and only if the sum total of utilities
produced by that act is greater than the sum total of utilities produced by any other act
the agent could have preformed in its place. - ANS-End result ethics
Utility serves as the common umpire as choosing between incompatible moral
obligations. - ANS-End result ethics
, Rule based Ethics - ANS-The moral rightness of an action is determined by LAWS and
STANDARDS
(principles=rules) (virtue, perfection, categorial, ends not means)
All moral concepts have their seat and origin in reason completely a priori, and therefore
cannot be abstracted from any empirical knowledge. - ANS-Rule based ethics
We may act from grounds of compulsion (jurisprudence) or from those of the intrinsic
goodness of the action (ethics) - ANS-Rule based ethics
Individuals should take their stand on principles and restrain themselves by rules. -
ANS-Rule based ethics
To practice virtue is to act on principles. - ANS-Rule based ethics
⭐️ The ultimate good is a life of virtue rather than a life of pleasure. - ANS-Rule based
ethics
Virtue is an Idea, and we should all strive to attain as near as possible to the Idea. -
ANS-Rule based ethics
Individuals should evaluate themselves by comparing themselves with the Idea of
perfection not by comparing themselves with others. - ANS-Rule based ethics
We should beware of adjusting the moral law to fit our own actions: rather, we should
adjust our actions to fit the moral law. - ANS-Rule based ethics
Act as if the principles underlying your action were to become a general law for all
humankind. - ANS-Rule based ethics
Always treat others as ends in themselves, never merely as a means. - ANS-Rule
based ethics
Social contract ethics - ANS-The moral rightness of an action is determined by the
CUSTOMS and NORMS of a particular community
(rights and responsibility)
(general will, association, community)
