Ethics Key Words 0.0 / 5 ? Religious StudiesEthicsA2/A-levelOCR Created by: georgiarpCreated on: 01-06-18 09:57 A deontological theory based on behaviour with given laws or moral rules that exists of humans societies and systems Natural Law 1 of 16 Latin word for duty, ethics focused on the intrinsic rightness and wrongness of actions Deontological 2 of 16 Living well, as an ultimate end in life which all other actions should lead towards Eudaimonia 3 of 16 the end, or purpose of something Telos 4 of 16 to do good and avoid evil, something which the precepts follow Synderesis 5 of 16 The most important rules in life, to protect life, reproduce, live in community, teach the young and believe in God Primary Precepts 6 of 16 moral goodness is determined by the end or result Teleological ethics 7 of 16 unconditional love agape 8 of 16 acting in moral situations in a way that is practical rather than purely ideological Pragmatism 9 of 16 Ethics centred on people, rather than laws Personalism 10 of 16 moral rules, determined by reason Maxisms 11 of 16 an unconditional moral obligation that is always binding irrespective of a persons purpose categorical imperative 12 of 16 the highest most supreme good summum bonum 13 of 16 the system for calculating the amount of pain or pleasure generated by an action hedonic calculus 14 of 16 when a person is unable to express their wish to die but they have reasonable grounds to end their life painlessly non-voluntary euthanasia 15 of 16 a deliberate action performed by a third party to kill a person e.g. lethal weapon active euthanasia 16 of 16
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