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Ethical Theories Flashcards

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What type of theory is Natural Moral Law?

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An absolutist theory

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What is an absolutist theory?

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A moral or ethical framework that posits existence of objective and universal moral principles that apply to all situations and are not dependent on subjective factors

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Who is most commonly associated with Natural Moral Law?

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St Thomas Aquinas

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Who is St Thomas Aquinas?

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An Italian Philosopher, Theologian and Priest

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What is Natural Moral Law based on?

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Five Primary Precepts

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What are the Five Primary Precepts?

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1- Preserve life
2- Ordered society
3- Worship God
4- Education
5- Reproduction

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What is the main principle of Natural Law?

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“Good is to be done and pursued and evil is to be avoided” (synderisis rule)

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What are the Secondary Precepts?

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Humans are to use their reason to establish rules that will fulfil the requirements of the Primary Precepts

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What are some examples of Secondary Precepts?

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  • Do not murder
  • Do not abort the unborn
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Why are Christian views regarding animals consistent with the views of Natural Moral Law?

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Thomas Aquinas’s anthropology of the soul

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What book does Thomas Aquinas outline the anthropology of the soul in?

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“Of God and his creatures”

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What are the three divisions of the soul?

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  • The vegetative
  • The sentient
  • The intellectual
    (these divisions are set in a hierarchy)
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What does the vegetative soul allow for?

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The basics of existence:
- nourishment
- growth
- reproduction
(plants have only a vegetative soul)

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What does the sentient soul allow for?

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  • sentient cognition
  • sentient appetite
    (inherent in animals)
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What does the intellectual/rational soul allow for?

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The soul responsible for reason and thinking
(specific to human beings only)

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Which souls do human beings possess?

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  • vegetative
  • sentient
  • intellectual/rational
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What Primary Precept does the anthropology of the soul adhere to?

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To live in society

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How does the anthropology of the soul adhere to the Primary Precept of “to live in society”?

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Conforms to the Biblical rules of creation

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What is the Biblical Doctrine of the great chain of being?

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A hierarchical structure thought by medieval Christianity to have been decreed by God

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Outline the structure of the great chain of being

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  • God
  • Angels
  • Humans
  • Animals
  • Plants
  • Minerals
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A critique of the anthropology of the soul

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Just because animals are viewed as less than humans does not mean that they should not be treated with respect

22
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Bible animal quote (for)

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“the same fate awaits them both (…) all have the same breath”
(Ecclesiastes 3:19)

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What fulfils the 1st Primary Precept?

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Saving human life by using animals in scientific procedures

24
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Moses 1:39

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“For behold, this is my work and my glory”

25
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Who was David Bennet?

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David Bennet (from the US) was the first person in the world to get a heart transplant from a genetically modified pig - he passed two months later (57) on 8 March

26
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Poor nutrition and hunger is responsible responsible for…

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Nearly half of all deaths in children under the age of 5

27
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A child dies from hunger every __ seconds

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10

28
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What did God grant?

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Dominion

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Dominion quote

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“Over every living thing that moves upon the Earth”

30
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Who was Situation Ethics most famously championed by?

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Joseph Fletcher

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What is Situation Ethics based on?

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Agape love (Christian unconditional love)

32
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What did Joseph Fletcher reject

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  • Legalism/fajia
  • Antinomianism
33
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What is Legalism?

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  • one of the six classical schools of thought in Chinese Philosophy
  • Excessive conformity to the law/religious moral code
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What is antinomianism?

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Rejects laws (legalism)

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What did Fletcher say regarding legalism and antinomianism?

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That we need to find a balance between the two

36
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What are Fletcher’s four working principles?

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  • Pragmatism
  • Relativism
  • Positivism
  • Personalism
37
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What is Positivism?

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To put faith before reasoning
“I am a Christian, so what should I do?”

38
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What is Personalism?

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People should be at the centre of the theory

39
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Disadvantage of Situation ethics

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It does not provide a clear definition of what agape love actually is

40
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Who is associated with Virtue ethics?

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Aristotle

41
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What is virtue ethics?

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It defines good actions as ones that display and embody virtuous character traits

42
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What is eudaimonia?

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“happiness”
The supreme goal of human life

43
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The Doctrine of the Mean
(Golden Mean)

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The midpoint between excess and deficiency

44
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Outline the “telos”

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  • Virtue ethics is about how to be good people and lead good lives
  • A life is good when it fulfills its purpose (its “telos”)
  • The telos of human life is eudaimonia or flourishing
45
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what does the Catechism of the Catholic Church say about animal cruelty?

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The waste or the mistreatment of animals is an affront to our human dignity and thereby sinful (CCC, 2418)

46
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Pope Francis animal cruelty quote

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“experimentation on animals is morally acceptable only if it remains within reasonable limits [and] contributes to caring for or saving human lives”

47
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Pope Francis book

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Laudato si’

48
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Proportionalism

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Focuses on the proportionate weighting of moral goods and evils in a particular situation to determine the right course of action

49
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Proportionalism is an ethical theory that lies between…

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consequential theories and deontological theories

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