PHIL 1000 Study Guide - Normative Ethics, Virtue Ethics, Deontological Ethics
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Compare and contrast any three of the following normative ethical theories or alternative views on ethics - virtue ethics, deontology, utilitarianism, Nietzsche"s critique of morality, the feminist ethics of care. Be sure your essay explains how the main idea of each theory is illustrated in popular culture. Utilitarianism: a system of ethics that requires us to maximize the total happiness or well being resulting from our actions. If batman kills the joker he would prevent all the murders the joker would otherwise commit in the future. Deontology: to judge the morality of an act based on features intrinsic to the act itself, regardless of the consequences stemming from the act. Batman says that the deaths that the joker causes are his responsibility and his responsibility alone. I am responsible only for the deaths i cause. Virtue ethics: what sort of a person one should be using the ideas of virtue and vice.
