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| A statement which is knowable after experience |
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| A statement which is knowable without reserence to any experience |
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| A princible which is universal. There are no exceptions to this moral rule. |
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| Teleological - do to others what you want in return |
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| Statements which are true by definition (linked with deductive arguments) |
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| KANT Something which seems good but the person does not have a good intention for doing it (E.g. give money to charity to look good rather than doing it because it is good) |
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| KANT The freedom to make moral decisions, they have their own responicibility |
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| KANT An imperative is a statement of what should be done. A fundamental ethical principle intended as a guide for determining whether any contemplated action is morally right |
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| The action itself is the only thing that counts as morality, not the consequences |
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| Actions are right or wrong depending on whether they follow God's commands or not E.g. The Bible |
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| Doctrine of double effect |
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| NATURAL LAW An action where the main intention is to do good, but may have a bad side-effect. The good intention makes the action right |
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| KANT A motive for acting in a certain way which shows morality |
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| Awareness of self as an independent being, the ability to feel pain and pleasure |
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| The moment when a soul enters the body - in traditional Christian thought this was at 40 days for boys and 90 days for girls. The Church now believes in life at conception. |
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| The principles by which God made and controls the universe which are only fully known by God |
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| NATURAL LAW The dilemma first identified by Plato - is something good because God commands it or does God command it because it is good? |
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| An organism in the womb from 9 weeks until birth |
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| KANT Making a moral choice expresses a good will |
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| UTILITARIANISM Bentham's method for measuring the good and bad effects of an action |
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| An oath made by doctors to practice medicine in an ethical way - abortion |
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| NATURAL LAW&UTILITARIANISM Something's value lies in itself |
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| NATURAL LAW Something which is good initself, without reference to consequences |
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| When someone's life is ended to prevent their suffering without their consent, even though they are capable of consenting |
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| The procedure by which sperm and eggs from a couple are fertalised in a laboratory dish |
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| KANT A world in which people do not treat others as means but only as ends |
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| KANT A general rule in accordance with which we intend to act |
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| The analysis of ethical statements and theories |
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| Truth is objectively real regardless of culture |
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| There are no universally valid moral principles and so there is no one true morality |
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| The theory that an aternal, absolute moral law can be discovered by reason |
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| A term to describe different moral codes of behaviour; rules by which we make moral decisions (E.g. the theories that we've studied) |
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| KANT The idea that someone cannot be blamed for what he could not do, but only for what he was capable of doing but did not do |
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| Treatment is either withdrawn or not given to the patient in order to hasten death. This could include turning off the life-support machine |
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| NATURAL LAW The fundamental principles of Natural Law |
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| The belief that human life is not valuable in itself; it depends on what kind of life it is |
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| KANT The right thing to do - it fits the human ideal |
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| Nothing may be said to be objectively right or wrong; it depends on the situation, the culture, etc |
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| The belief that human life is valuable in itself |
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| NATURAL LAW These are worked out from the Primary Precepts |
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| The morally right thing to do is the most loving in the situation - depends on the situation |
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| A cell that can develop into any other cell - it is a versatile cell |
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| Each person's values are relative to that person and so cannot be judged objectively |
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| Statements that may be true or false and can be tested using experience or senses (Inductive) |
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| Moral actions are dependent on their outcome or TELOS (end) - similar to CONSEQUENTIALISM |
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| Someone decides whether an action is good or bad by its consequences |
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| Only pleasure and the absence of pain have utility or intrinsic value |
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| When the person who wants to die gives permission for the termination of their death |
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| Thomas Aquinas (1225 - 1274) |
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| Jeremy Bentham (1748 - 1832) |
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| René Descartes (1596 - 1650) |
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| Immanuel Kant (1724 - 1804) |
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| Plato (428/427 – 348/347 BC) |
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