Edexcel - Ethics Revision Bullet Summery's.
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Ethics
Utilitarianism and Situation ethics.
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Utilitarianism - greatest happiness for greatest number
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No moral absolutes moral solutions flexible for situations
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Recent versions of negative and preference
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Act - morally right if happiness created - Bentham
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Rule - based on an action known to create most happiness - Mill
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Hedonic calculus
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Critics
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Too simple and ignores the minority, can allow morally wrong actions too.
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Situation ethics based on love, formed in the 1960’s. - Fletcher
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Based on the actions of Jesus and agape.
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Reflects nature and purpose
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Critics-
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Too simple, hard to predict outcome.
War and Peace
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Dilemmas of religious belief and war. Situations must be judged in context
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Holy war, is religious war
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Physical, spiritual wars, spiritual is supported by religious teachings.
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Pacifism based on non violence such as Jesus and Gandhi.
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Originated from Plato.
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Jus ad bellum: the conditions under which the use of military force is justified.
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Jus in bello: how to conduct a war in an ethical manner.
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