MODR 1760 Study Guide - Normative Ethics, Meta-Ethics, Preference Utilitarianism
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21 May 2014
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I introduction: ethical theory is a very important branch of philosophy, it is concerned with the matter of morality. 2: there are two main branches of ethics: meta-ethics and normative ethics. (1)meta-ethics: a higher-level examination of ethical questions. Addresses questions about important theoretical concepts in ethics; i. e. , about the nature of morality and right and wrong. (2)normative ethics: a lower-level examination of ethical questions. It addresses questions about the moral propriety of actions. 4: utilitarianism was a moral theory proposed by john stuart mill and. Ii utilitarianism: utilitarianism, a normative moral theory, specifies what makes an action morally correct, it"s a species of consequentialism. The principle of utility: the morally best action in any given circumstance is the one which maximizes utility. Morally correct actions maximize utility and minimize disutility. There are different interpretations of what type of value a unit of utility is.
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