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Ethics

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Title: Ethics
Description: Ethics terms for Excelsior exam
Number of Cards: 10
Author: luv_a_nurse0111
Created: 2006-10-16
Tags: e2 ethics excelsior exe2
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Question Answer Note/Hint
ethical theory that determines good or bad,right or wrong based on outcomes Consequentialism
approach that focuses on duties, not consequences in determining right conduct Deontological
Name two famous defenders of consequentialism Jeremy Bentham & John Stuart Mill
Name philospher identified with deontological ethics Immanuel Kent
The stubborn refusal to consider challenges to your own ethical point of view dogmatism
theory that people should act out of self interests Ethical egoism
Theory that people do act out of self interest Psychological egoism
Name two consequentialist ethical doctrines Hedonism & Utilitarianism
Theory htat what is good & right is what promotes pleasure Hedonism
theory that states the highest standard for judging right & wrong are the universal laws of human nature Natural Law
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