Ethical Principles 0.0 / 5 ? Critical ThinkingEthical Principles and Decision MakingA2/A-levelOCR Created by: EdwardCreated on: 14-03-14 18:17 69710352481 Across 1. An alternative view to average utilitarianism and gets around mere addition paradox by stating that it is best to measure happiness/ utility by the total utility/happiness that a society has (5, 14) 9. It is right to act according to motives of self-interest (6) Down 2. One person's opinion, especially on a moral issue, cannot be any better than someone else's opinion (10) 3. Concerns itself with general moral rules that you should follow when making decisions (4, 14) 4. Put other people's interests before your own (8) 5. We should concentrate not on individual rights, but on the overall importance of diversity and the inter relations of all things on the planet (10, 4) 6. The concepts of right and wrong arise from cultural beliefs and that we should be tolerant of differences between cultures (8, 10) 7. Incorporates the motives people have for their actions and gives weight to this when deciding if an action is morally right or wrong (6, 14) 8. We should treat other people in a away in which we would wish to be treated ourselves ('do as you would be done unto') (6, 4) 10. (Human-centred) view, traditional view (summed up by Aristotle) that animals have no moral status because, unlike us, they are devoid of reason (15)
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