'Prima facie duties' presentation slideshows

Bioethics and Values Clark Wolf Iowa State University

Bioethics and Values Clark Wolf Iowa State University. BIOETHICS AS A BRANCH OF PHILOSOPHY:

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Utility and Utilitarianism

Utility and Utilitarianism. & Moral Duty, Rights, and Justice. Utilitarianism. An ethical theory that holds that an action is right if it tends to produce, the greatest amount of good for the greatest number of people affected by the action. Otherwise the action is wrong.

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360 Business Ethics

360 Business Ethics. Chapter 4. Moral facts derived from reason. Reason has three properties that have bearing on moral facts understood as the outcomes of rational procedures. Consistency: the truths of reason can all be true at the same time, else they are not truths of reason.

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Lecture 8, W.D. Ross

Lecture 8, W.D. Ross. Introduction to Moral Issues. Sir William David Ross. Born 1877-1971 Was Knighted Rejected both Kantianism and Utilitarianism. Promising.

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Chapter Eight: Kant and Deontological Theories

Chapter Eight: Kant and Deontological Theories. For Deontological theories it is not the consequences that determines the rightness or wrongness of an act but certain features in the act itself or in the rule of which the act is a token. Immanuel Kant. Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)

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Chapter Eight: Kant and Deontological Theories

Chapter Eight: Kant and Deontological Theories. For Deontological theories it is not the consequences that determines the rightness or wrongness of an act but certain features in the act itself or in the rule of which the act is a token. Immanuel Kant. Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)

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Ross: The Right and the Good

Ross: The Right and the Good. Utilitarianism and Kantian ethics are both flawed. Kantian ethics is flawed because of the belief in absolute duties. Utilitarianism is flawed because it tries to reduce all our duties to the duties of beneficence and non-maleficence.

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Chapter 8: Interpersonal Communication and Small Group Discussion

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