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Ethical Theories
- Utilitarianism
- An action is right if it maximises the overall happiness of all people
- An action is right if it maximises the overall happiness of all people
- Kantian Ethics
- Treat everyone how you
wish them to treat you,
never treat people as if
they were merely objects
- Treat everyone how you
wish them to treat you,
never treat people as if
they were merely objects
- Cultural Relativism
- What is right and wrong
varies according to the
beliefs of each culture
- What is right and wrong
varies according to the
beliefs of each culture
- Natural Law
- Everything is created for a purpose,
and when this is examined by human
reason a person should be able to
judge how to react to an act in order to
find ultimate happiness
- Everything is created for a purpose,
and when this is examined by human
reason a person should be able to
judge how to react to an act in order to
find ultimate happiness
- Situation ethics
- Based on Agape which wills the good of others
- Virtue ethics
- Agent-centred not act-centred. Practising virtuous behaviour will
lead to becoming a virtuous person and contribute to virtuous
society
- Agent-centred not act-centred. Practising virtuous behaviour will
lead to becoming a virtuous person and contribute to virtuous
society
- Based on Agape which wills the good of others
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