PHIL 164 Chapter 1: Moral Reasoning in Bioethics
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Morality beliefs regarding morally right and wrong actions and morally good and bad people. Ethics study of morality using tools/methods of philosophy. Applied ethics use of moral norms to resolve practical moral issues: largest subfield of bioethics, what should i do in this particular situation? . Normative dominance moral norms are presumed to dominate other norms (overridingness) Universality moral principles are applied in all relevant situations. Impartiality idea that everyone should be considered equal/no person is any better than one other. Reasonableness reasons are the main work of our moral deliberations. Feelings can distract us from our own psychological needs. A good person can perform immoral actions while a bad person can perform moral actions. Right vs. wrong: right (permissible permitted/obligatory required, wrong prohibited, superorogatory - above and beyond . Prima facie applies in all cases unless an exception is warranted. Principles: 1) autonomy 2) beneficence 3) utility 4) justice.
