1. A student is classifying three broad approaches to ethics. Which set names the three main ethical theories?
2. A committee judges a proposed action to be good because it is expected to produce beneficial results, without specifying that those results must increase well-being. Which view best fits this judgment?
3. A city evaluates a policy as good specifically because it increases residents’ well-being. Which ethical view most directly matches this criterion?
Which three main ethical theories are presented?
Consequentialism, deontology, and virtue ethics.
Which source defines consequentialism as evaluating something by its positive consequences?
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, *Consequentialism*, Winter 2023 Edition.
Which source presents preference consequentialism as answering the experience-machine objection while raising the problem of evil preferences?
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, *Consequentialism*, Winter 2023 Edition.
According to deontology, when is an action considered good?
When it conforms to a moral duty or norm.
What are stated limitations of Kantian deontology?
It rejects non-universal maxims, allows conflicting duties, and may ignore consequences such as saving someone by lying.
According to virtue ethics, when is an action good?
When it comes from a virtuous character.
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