BLAW 368 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Ethics In Religion, Utilitarianism, Consequentialism
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Ethics is always about action, proper conduct. Reasons which guide an individual"s ethical judgment fall into three general categories: (these are 3 diff perspectives on how to act basically) An ethical theory: an attempt to provide a systematic answer to the fundamental ethical question: Ethical theories provide reasons to support their answers. Religious ethics: explains human well-being in religious terms. Philosophical ethics: provides justifications that must be applicable to all people regardless, of their religious starting points (our focus) The way to show people that they should listen to this is because of reason, that they can see through logic. An ethical relativist holds that ethical values are relative to particular people, cultures, or times. The relativist denies that there can be any rationally justified or objective ethical judgements. These are normative theories, what should be done. If it furthers my interests, then it is right.
