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| individuals look to a central authority or set of rules to guide them in ethical decision making |
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| asserts taht actions must be judged by what individuals subjectively feel is right or wrong for themselves |
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| moral actions are those that produce the greatest net pleasure compared with net pain |
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| assesses each separate act according to whether it maximizes pleasure over pain |
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| supports rules that on balance produce the greatest pleasure for society |
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| quantifies the benefits and costs of alternatives |
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| holds that actions must be judged by their motives and means as well as their resultss |
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| focus on a person's obligations to other members in society and on the individual's rights and obligations within society |
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| believe that society should provide all its members with equal amounts of goods and services regarless of their relative contributions |
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| stresses equality of opportunity rather than results |
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| stress market outcomes as the basis for distributing society's rewards |
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| a rational person possesses inherent power to assess the correctness of actions |
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