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| Just description of actual practices of people/cultures |
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| Normative Ethics (definition) |
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| offers answers to question "how ought I to live/act?" |
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| Theoretical Normative Ethics |
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| Offers general theories & principles for guiding life |
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| Practical Normative Ethics |
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| Applying theories and pricniples to particular cases. |
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| Discpritve Cultural Relatavism |
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| Different cultures have different rules that are not endorsed by all cultures |
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| Rules regarding particular things. (IE Some cultures infanticide ok, others not ok) |
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| Regards fundamental moral principles |
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| The core of fundamental moral principles taht are shared by nearly all cultures. |
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| Offers analysis of good which tells us how we ought to act. |
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| Normative Cultural Relativism |
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| Someone ought to do 'x' iff their cultures moral code says to do 'x' |
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| Someone ought to do 'x' iff their personal moral code says to do 'x' |
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| An act is right iff it produces the greatest balance of value over disvalue. (Max benefits, min pains) |
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| What matters are the consequences of our actions. Intentions and actions themselves don't matter so much as the actual outcome. |
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| Maximize good consequences. |
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| An act is right iff it is performed from the motive of duty and the act is a duty. |
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| Catagorical Imperitiveness |
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| We should always act in a way in that you could rationally will everyone else to act in a similar situation (lying promise) |
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| Catagorical Imperitiveness 2 |
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| We should always treat others as ends in themselves, never just a means. Dont' exploit people, respect their rights. |
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| Do things out of passion, not a duty. Right actions are character driven. |
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| Rely on characteristics from relationships such as sympathy, compassion, and love in making moral decisions. Morality found in love, not abstract principles. |
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| We should make judgements based on previous cases. Moral standards evolve over time. |
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| Self governing; ability to make rational choices free from external constraints. Respect for personal values of others. |
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| Duties regarding welfare of others. Refrain from harming; prevent and correct harm; promote good. |
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| Treatment according to what is fair, deserved or owed. |
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| A just distro is on that maximizes value. |
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| A just distro is one that distributes equally except where inequalities would benefit the least well off. Focus on equal rights on equal opportunity. |
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| Justice demands that we not interfere w/ the social and economic liberties of others or coercivly taking property. |
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| Duties we must act upon unless they conflict w/ some other duty. We weigh the duties, then determine actual duty. |
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| Rights not to be interfered with. |
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| Rights to recieve something from others. |
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| We can restrict someons liberty iff to prevent harm to others. |
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P1. Justice requires taht we ensure certain equalities of opportunity
P2. In order to ensure relavent equality of opp., we must provide health services that promote normal functioning
C. Justice requires that we provide health services that promote normal functioning. |
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| Eliminates effect of unfair social practices, disease and disability. |
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Services we have a right to are the ones taht follow from a just system. Focus on "needs" rather than wants.
Tiered system ok . |
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| A system is just iff rational unbiased agents operating behind a veil of ignorance would all agree to that system |
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- Just system rational agents agree to equal distro.
- Allocates to everyone based on need. One tier, no trading |
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| Don't need to establish any universal right ot health care in order to justify a "coerviely backed decent minimum policy." |
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- Black and AI reparations for institutional injustice
-Compensation for those harmed by actions of corporation
-Soldiers, made sacrifices |
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| Society will be better off if we provide basic health services. |
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