ETHICAL THEORY
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- 2. ethical theory helps in making ethical ______ on any matters that would like to be identified as right or wrong.
- 4. ____ Utilitarian emphasized on the greatest benefit an individual gain through his actions.
- 6. Root word for ethical theory from Greek ‘_____’ means a way of seeing (see/view moral phenomena)
- 8. deontology concentrates on the __________ & motive to determine right or wrong action.
- 10. Natural beings (humans, plants & ______ ) had a principle of order within them that directed them toward their goals under the maxim “the good is that at which all things aim”.
- 13. _____ virtue excellence of character which concerns with how one position himself in acting well.
- 15. ethical ______ claims that one ought to pursue one’s self interest exclusively.
- 17. natural law theory follows a ______ Christian tradition where Thomas Aquinas, based his perspective of natural law on a religious term in which he believed that god created the universe according to plan and thus put into the natures of things their natural orientation.
- 20. _____ comes from ancient Greek, ‘vir ’ referring to strength or manliness and ‘arete’ meaning excellence.
- 22. The moral requirements are based on a standard of rationality known as ‘_________’imperative (Johnson, 2010).
- 25. ______ is causes of right & wrong
- 27. ________is practical ethics based on the right & wrong concept
- 28. _____ utilitarian emphasized the adherence to rule in order to produce the greatest benefit
- 30. Ethical egoism endorses individual who act for their self interest for a ____ run benefit. It promotes doing good thing to oneself and avoid harming oneself.
- 31. Teleology originates from Greek, ______ meaning goal or end.
- 32. ______ is a systematic attempt to understand moral concepts and justify moral principles and theories.
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- 1. One of the most common forms of ethical deliberation focuses on the consequences is the ______ theory.
- 3. in deontology theory, the only good reason for doing the right thing is because of duty, thus duty becomes the ‘________’ for an action or the key element of a decision to act (BBC, 2014)
- 4. Virtue ethics propose that an ethical decision is not made purely on _____ moral values but related to specific circumstances in which the decision is made (Van Staveren, 2007).
- 5. _________ theory is developed by Aristotle where the ethical philosophy based on nature which emphasized that goals are embedded in natural things as there was an order in nature.
- 7. ______ virtue excellence of mind which it concern with the ability to understand, reason and judge well.
- 9. _______ is consequences based
- 11. teleology is based on a moral judgement on the ______ of action.
- 12. Deontology originates from ______, deon meaning duty.
- 14. ___________ ethics is the study of right & wrong of human behavior
- 16. The main idea of utilitarianism is the Principle of Utility where an action is considered good when it _____ happiness for the society, right when it maximizes possible good for all persons affected by the action (Stewart, 1991).
- 17. The utilirianism theory is advocate by ______ Bentham and John Stuart Mills.
- 18. ______ is duty based
- 19. ________ is a systematic exposition of a particular view about what is the nature and basis of good or right.
- 21. _____ is also known an consequentialism theory.
- 23. ethics virtue is ______ based
- 24. It looks for objective, ultimate or absolute standards for assessing rightness or wrongness of human actions (______,1993).
- 26. _____ moral theory was advocated by Immanuel Kant, a German philosopher (1724-1804).
- 29. part of the formulation of the imperative in Kant's theory includes ‘Act according to the ______ that you can will to be a universal law’