2024 update|Ethics in America DSST|COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS (100% accurate solutions)| ALREADY GRADED A+
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2024 Update|Ethics In America DSST
On Liberty - answer-In this book John Stuart Mill claims that governments have the moral right to limit people's liberty only when it is necessary to prevent them from harming others. This is called Mill's Harm Principle
Jeremy Bentham - answer-Theorized that an act is only morally wrong if it r...
2024 update|Ethics in America DSST|COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS (100% accurate
solutions)| ALREADY GRADED A+
On Liberty - answer-In this book John Stuart Mill claims that governments have
the moral right to limit people's liberty only when it is necessary to prevent them
from harming others. This is called Mill's Harm Principle
Jeremy Bentham - answer-Theorized that an act is only morally wrong if it
reduced overall happiness. This is the principle of utility
Act utilitarianism - answer-Is defined as the morally right act and the one that will
bring the greatest increase in overall well-being.
Circumstances - answer-Act utilitarianism does not assess the moral rightness or
wrongness of the types of acts. This is because act utilitarians will say it depends
on the...
Rule utilitarianism - answer-Is a form of utilitarianism that says actions are moral
when they conform to the rules that lead to the greatest good
Carol Gilligan - answer-Believed that women's decisions are not based on abstract
concepts of morality but on the relationships they build. Believed that women
lean more towards the love and care mentality when it comes to morality rather
than the justice mentality followed by men.
Kohlberg and Aristotle - answer-Many philosophers have considered women to be
morally inferior including...
,Rita Manning - answer-Believes that a caring person will try to resolve conflicts
through compromise in an attempt to create a just and fair solution for all.
Socrates - answer-Best known for believing in following through on your beliefs
even though everyone else thinks that you are wrong and pursuing knowledge
even when opposed
Knowledge - answer-According to Socrates, virtue is....?
Plato - answer-In his dialogue Crito, introduced the concept of the Social Contract,
whereby a citizen is obligated to obey the laws of the city.
Beneficience - answer-The duty to help others in need.
Non-maleficience - answer-The duty to not harm others. This includes acts
committed or omitted. One example would be if a doctor forgot to give a patient
the correct care.
That they are self-evident. He called them prima facie duties. - answer-What did
WD Ross believe about certain basic moral principles?
Problem with prima facie duties - answer-They may not be self-evident to those
who are intellectually immature or those who haven't thought about it enough.
, Double-effect principle - answer-From Thomas Aquinas, and is used to describe
situations where harm is induced to cause good. It is controversial, especially
among utilitarians.
We should help others in danger - answer-If there is little risk and even if it is not
in our self-interest.
Joel Feinberg - answer-He wrote The Moral Limits of the Criminal Law, which used
4 principles to determine legitimacy of government intervention in individual
freedom.
The Moral Limits of the Criminal Law - answer-1. The Harm Principle (originally
from John Stuart Mill)
2. The Offence Principle
3. Paternalism
4. Legal Moralism
Paternalism - answer-Having a person or the government do what they think is
best for you, even if it goes against your wishes. Feinberg rejected this hard,
where competent adults would have their liberty restricted to prevent them from
harming themselves.
Offense Principle - answer-Governments are allowed to prohibit conduct that
seriously offends others.
Legal Moralism - answer-It allows the prohibition of immoral behavior, even if
nobody is harmed or offended. One example would be a community banning
homosexual acts.
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