SPCOM475 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Descriptive Ethics, Normative Ethics, Asceticism

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Speech Communication
• Course: SPCOM475
• Professor: Shannon Hartling

Document Summary

Consequentialist approach: rightness or wrongness of an action is determined by the consequences that flow from that action and the tendency of that action to lead to inherently good or bad states of affairs (31) Hedonism:the ultimate human good that is of value is happiness or pleasure and the only state of being which is bad is unhappiness (or pain) (32) Normative ethics: moral theories which recommend moral norms or rules that people ought to follow (32) Descriptive ethics: describe the particular moral values that people hold as a matter of fact (32) Asceticism: severe self discipline and avoidance on indulgence. Moral panic: describes the way a particular incident or apparent trend becomes a national issue of concern to a mass of the population.