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principle? In a particular situation, if more good and less harm follows from telling a lie than any other possible action, then is lying in that situation morally correct according to the utilitarian principle? Explain.
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with utilitarianism?
How do defenders of utilitarianism answer the
How do utilitarians answer the rights concerns? Is it moral to kill one person in order to save the lives of many people? Explain.
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concerns?
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human rights)? How are moral rights different from legal rights?
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Interests
rights tightly correlated with duties? How are moral rights related to interests?
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utilitarian principle, then under what circumstances should the utilitarian principle override the rights principle?
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categorical imperative?
Under the first formulation of the categorical imperative, what are the 2 criteria for determining moral right and wrong? How does this relate to the golden rule?
categorical imperative?
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Virtue Ethics
What is a moral virtue? What are examples of moral virtues? The other moral principles focus on the
morality of actions. In what way is virtue ethics different from the other moral principles? How can we use virtue ethics to decide what actions we should take?
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moral principles of utilitarianism, rights, distributive justice, and ethics of care? How does virtue ethics fit in with the 4 moral principles?
Does it replace the other 4 moral principles? Is it another (the 5th) moral principle?
Or something else?
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Retributive Justice
What is meant by retributive justice?
justice?
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Compensatory Justice
What is meant by compensatory justice?
justice?
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should try to answer in order to apply the moral principles in an international context?
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sell a product that it knows has significant health concerns while denying to the public that there are any health concerns?
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