Chapter 1 - Moral Philosophy

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Across
  1. 1. Duties determined by the present situation; at first glance
  2. 5. Ethical thinking that purports to guide human behavior
  3. 9. Desirable attitudes
  4. 10. Obligation; must be done regardless of consequences
  5. 12. Can be understood as taking some resources from those who have all basic needs satisfied to benefit those with unsatisfied basic needs, increasing utilitarian happiness
  6. 14. Commitment that exists only once certain conditions are met
  7. 17. Concerned with individual acts rather than generalizations
  8. 18. Claims protected by law
  9. 19. Hypothetical position in which people view social justice issues with a "veil of ignorance" and can be impartial
  10. 20. Another term for teleological theory; based on results of an action rather than the nature of the action
  11. 21. Valid claims guaranteed in a society
  12. 23. Deals with issues like justice, rights, and equality
  13. 24. Emphasized the concept of natural (moral) rights
  14. 25. Thoughts and ideas about morality
Down
  1. 2. Nature of moral judgments and structure of moral concepts
  2. 3. Duty that is binding in all circumstances
  3. 4. Absolute, inescapable duties in Kantian ethics
  4. 6. 18th-century German deontologist who placed emphasis on motives
  5. 7. Concerned with the rules from which an action is derived and whether those rules promote happiness
  6. 8. Valid claims based on moral/ethical reasons; life, autonomy, etc.
  7. 11. An ordinary freedom; not guaranteed but not denied
  8. 13. Type of consequentialist/teleologist theory proposed by Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill
  9. 15. Theory that emphasizes character traits
  10. 16. Ethical theory that considers the consequences of an action; from the Greek for "goal"
  11. 22. Ethical theory emphasizing duties
  12. 24. Contemporary American philosopher concerned with social justice