PHI 1370 Study Guide - Virtue Ethics, Act Utilitarianism, Rule Utilitarianism
26 Feb 2013
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A branch of philosophy concerned with principles that allows us to make decision about what is right and wrong. There are 2 types of moral theory consequentialism: the rightness of an act depends only on its consequences and non-consequentialism: consequences are not the only thing that affects the morality of an act. Within the moral theory there are five major ethical theories, which includes utilitarianism, Kant"s ethics, ross"s ethics, rawl"s ethics and natural law and moral theology. The principle of utility focuses it"s attention on the consequences of actions, rather then upon some features of action themselves. The utility or usefulness of an action is determined by the extent to which it produces happiness; therefore no action is in itself right or wrong. Nor is an action right or wrong by virtue of the actor"s hope, intentions or past actions.
