ETHCS303
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Moral Systems, Ethical Concepts, and Theories
A walkthrough of the chapter one breakdown: the difference between morality and ethics, what a moral system is built from, and all six ethical theories side by side.
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- Morality versus ethics — morality is the rulebook, ethics is the analysis of the rulebook
- What a moral system consists of: core values, rules of conduct, principles of evaluation
- Why subjective relativism and cultural relativism fail as ethical theories
- Divine Command Theory, Deontology, Consequentialism, Social Contract Theory and Virtue Ethics
- The four things every ethical theory shares: right action, free choice, human well-being, obligations over preferences
- The "Really Determined Dudes Convince Confident Villagers" mnemonic for all six theories
- A side-by-side comparison table of moral authority, focus and workability
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