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| people are so inclined that they must behave selfishly |
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| everyone should pursue their own best interest |
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| every individual should let self-interes be their guide of conduct |
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| pleasure is the only thing that is good in itself; the ultimate good; the only thing worth pursuing for its own sake |
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| only when we act from a sense of duty does our actions have it |
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| we should always act in a way that we can will the maxim of our actions to become a universal law (universability) |
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| THe subjective principle of an action, the princiiple that people in effect formulate in determining their conduct. |
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| what we must do on the assumptio that we have some particular goal |
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| actions that it would be good to do but not immoral not to do |
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| derived form some special relationships, roles, or circumstances in which we happen to be. |
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| moral rights that are no the result of particle roles, special relationships, or specific circumstances |
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| applied to the moral code as a whole not individual actions |
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| what rules can reasonable be taught and obeyed as well as the costs of incalculating those rules in people |
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| some morally important goal virute or notion of excellence worth striving for |
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| fairness; concerss fair treatment of members of groups of people or else looks backward to the fair compensation of prior injuries. |
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| declining marginal utility of money |
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| the successive additions to one's income produce, less happiness or welfare that did earlier additions |
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| liberty is the prime value, and justice consists in permitting each person to live as he or she pleases |
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| you are entitles to your holdigns if you have acquired them without violating other people's rights |
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| inequality only fine when it is for the less advantaged |
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| econimic system in which the major portion of production and distribution is in private hands operatin under what is temed a profit or market system |
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| an economic sustem characterized by public ownership of property and a planned economy |
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| a hybrid economic system advocated by some socialist |
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| capitalism that is based on mutual dependence between state and commercial interest |
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| characterized by pools, trusts, holding companies, and the interpenetration of banking, insurance, and industrial interests. |
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| government plays active role in regulating economic activities in an effort to smooth out the boom and bust pattern of the business cycle. |
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| the increasingly worldwide scale of capitalism leads many contemporary commentators. .. more intergrated |
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| existence of companies, profit motive, competition, and private property. |
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| regulator that keeps a community activated only by self-interst from degenetation into a mob of ruthless profiteers |
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| let people do as they choose |
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| the separation of individuals from the objects they createm which in turn relutls in ones separation form other people, oneself, and ultiamrely from one's human nature |
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