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| a set of personal principles formialized into a code of behavior |
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| where a value is a good thing in itself and is pursued for its own sake, whether anything comes from that pursuit or not |
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| where the pursuit of that value is a good way to reach another value. For example money is valued for what it can buy rather than for itself |
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| how people try to live their lives according to a standard of right or wrong behavior in both how we think and behave toward others and how we would like them to think and behave toward us |
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| a particular set of attitudes, beliefs, and practices that characterize a group of individuals |
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| do unto others as you have them do unto you |
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| a concept of living your life according to a commitment to the achievement of a clear ideal - what sort of person would i like to become, and how do i go about becoming that person? |
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| ethical choices that offer the greatest good for the greatest number of people |
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| actions are take out of duty and obligation to a purely moral ideal rather than based on the needs of the situation, since the universal principles are seen to apply to everyone, everywhere, all the time. |
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| where the traditions of your society, your personal opinions, and the circumstances of the present moment define your ethical principles |
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| the study of how ethical theories are put into practice |
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| a situation in which there is no obvious right or wrong decision, but rather a right or right answer |
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| looking at the information available to us in resolving an ethical dilemma, and drawing conclusioons based on that information in realtion to our own ethical standards |
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1. obedience and punishment
2. individualism, instrumentalism, and exchange |
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3. good boy/nice girl
4. law in order |
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5. social contract
6. pricipled conscience |
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