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Moral Frameworks and Principles
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Moral Frameworks and Principles
Moral Frameworks and Principles
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1. Distributive Justice 2. Retributive Justice (Retaliatory justice) 3. Compensatory Justice 4. Procedural Justice.
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What are the four kinds of Justice mentioned?
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Taxation
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The practice of collecting taxes from citizens based on their earnings and property.
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Distributive and Corrective Justice
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the two kinds of Justice as Fairness?
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Reciprocity of Rights and Duty
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The right of one person implies a duty in another to respect that right.
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Justice as a Virtue
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refers to the excellence of a thing, or the disposition to perform effectively its proper function.
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Principle of Forfeiture in Natural Law
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A person who threatens the life of an innocent person forfeits his or her own right to life.
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Golden Mean
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is the idea that virtue lies between two extremes of emotions and desires.
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Explain the Calculus of Felicity
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factors for evaluating pleasure: 1. Intensity 2. Duration 3. Certainty 4. Propinquity 5. Fecundity 6. Purity 7. Extent.
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Duty
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is anything we are bound to do or omit, a moral obligation incumbent upon a person.
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Corrective Justice
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is fairness in correcting injustices or in restoring justice.
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John Rawls
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Who is associated with the concept of Justice as Fairness?
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Alienable and Inalienable Rights
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________________ can be surrendered or removed (e.g., right to travel). _______________cannot be surrendered (e.g., right to life).
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Right of Jurisdiction
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is the power of lawful authority to govern and make laws for constituents.
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Egalitarianism
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states that certain distribution is fair if every member of a group receives an equal share of the distribution.
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Divine Command Theory
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is a theory which bases moral duties on religion. An act is right if it accords with God's will, and religious belief takes precedence over any demands of secular morality.
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System Virtue
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refers to a system where all components are performing excellently and harmoniously.
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Utilitarian Justice
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states that any distribution is fair as long as it results in the maximization of the aggregate good or welfare of all persons involved in the distribution.
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Rights
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these are anything which is owed or due, moral power that must be respected by others.
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Capitalist Justice
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states that a distribution is fair if every member of a group receives his share in proportion to his contribution to the success of the goals of the group.
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1. Nature of the Act Condition 2. Means End Condition 3. Right Intention Condition 4. Proportionality Condition
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1. The act must be good or at least morally permissible. 2. The bad effect must not be the means by which one achieves the good effect. 3. The intention must be the achieving of only the good effect. 4. The good effect must be at least equivalent to the importance of the bad effect.
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Fundamental precept of the Natural Law
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it is to do good and avoid evil.
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Greatest Happiness Principle
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states that the morally good action is the one that results in the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people.
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Obeying the Law, Fairness and Transparency, Integrity, Responsibility towards Nation, Leadership.
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What legal and moral principles are violated due to Tax Evasion?
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a. Political Egalitarianism b. Economic Egalitarianism.
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What are the two types of Egalitarianism?
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Agent-relative Consequentialism and Agent-neutral Consequentialism?
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____________ focuses solely on the consequences that affect the agent, whereas ______________ considers both agent-related and non-agent-related consequences.
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Retributive Justice
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also known as retaliatory justice, focuses on punishment for wrongdoing.
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Virtue Ethics
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posits that the end is the fulfillment of each thing's function, and anything that satisfies this function is considered good.
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Deontology
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is derived from the Greek word 'Deon', meaning Duty. It places emphasis on the relationship between duty and the morality of the action.
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Consequentialism.
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is the ethical theory that the consequences of an action are what ultimately matter in judging whether the action is morally good or bad.
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Ethics of Care
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A philosophical perspective that uses a relational and context-bound approach toward morality and decision-making.