Rep- ethics in action

My personal wording of the definitions / actual definitions

Ethics

the teaching of principes to help solve or give guidance to moral decisions dilemmas

absolute morality

The principle that an action is either right or wrong, no matter the situation - there is no inbetween.

Relative morality

The principle that the rightness/wrongness depends on the situation and there can be a inbetween.

Utilitarianism

The action should bring the most amount of happieness to the most amount of people. It is outcome based.

Situation ethics

It is Joseph Fletchers view that an action should be the most loving, and is intention based.

poverty

poverty is not being able to provide your basic needs. such as food, water and shelter

sentience

the ability to expierence feeling, sensations and awareness

which two thinkers came up with the theory of utilitarism

1. John Stuart Mill

2. Jeremy Bentham

According to a utilitarianists, what is a good or right action

An action where the outcome brings the most amount of people the most amount of happyness.

6 Benefits of Utilitarianism

1. Pleases the most amount of people

2. outcome based

3. logical

4. systematic

5. equal

6. easy to understand/pick up

5 Challenges to Utilitarianism

1. discards the minority

2. hard not to be/become selfish

3. doesn’t accont for individual rights

4. happieness cannot be measured

5. discards other ideas

which thinker proposed situation ethics

Joesph Fletcher

Situation ethics is rekativistic- what does that mean

based on the belief that truth and right and wrong can only be judged in relation to other things and that nothing can be true or right in all situations

What does agape love mean

selflessness, sacrifice and unconditional love for others

How do situation ethicists decide what the right thing to do in a situation is?

Which has the most loving intention

Whats the difference between animal rights and animal welfare?

Animal rights means they should never be used however animal welfare is they can still be used in some circumstances but must be treated kindly

when did testing make-up on animals become illegal in the UK

1998

Are Utilutarians likely to be for or against animal testing?

For

Are situation ethcis likely to be for or against animal testing?

against

Give three reasons someone might support animal testing?

1. effective model for the human body

2. It provides antidotes/medicine

3. Can be able to help more humans than animals

Give three reasons someone might be against animal testing?

1. There are allternatives - DNA models

2. results may differ/may not work

3. Kills thousnads to pottentially only help a few

4. morally wrong

Absolute poverty

Not being able to provide your basic needs, food, shelter and water.

Relative poverty

being unable to attain the lifestyle deemed “normal” by society this is inability to participate fully in societal activities

How many live in poverty in the UK

14 million

How many children are living in poverty in the UK

4.5 million

Three ways that living in poverty can negativly affect someone’s life are

1. suffer poor health throughout your life and lower life expectancy.

2. suffer mental health problems throughout your life

3. no eduaction/job

Three attitudes/responses to wealth and poverty

1. Its up to them to fix

2. The government should fix

3. We should fix

Wealthy people should help poorer people - what would a utilitarian say

They should as it would help the most amount of people in apose to one living in the lap of luxury.

Wealthy people should help poorer people - what would an situation ethicics say

They should as it has the most loving intention.

Whats the difference between absolute and relative morality?

Absolute morality is something is either right or wrong with no inbetween, no matter the scenario, relative morality is an action can be a mix of right or wrong depending on the scenario.

What things help people to make moral decisions?

1. personal values

2. social highracy

3. how many people are at a dispersition because of it

4. how loving

5. amount of happyness