Download Moral Theories - Ursula Stange

By way of
review...
Final Exam
1:30 PM
April 12th
Exam advice…
 Review chapters 7 through 13.
(No direct questions about the first six chapters,
although that knowledge might help you answer the
essay questions more effectively.)
 Review lectures 13 to 24.
(Lectures, PowerPoints and supplementary readings)
By way of review: Moral theories
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Moral Skepticism
Moral Absolutism
Virtue Theory
Divine Command
Natural Law
Social Contract
Utilitarianism
Deontology
Ethical Egoism
Ethics of Care
Virtue Theory
(Protagoras)
(Plato)
(Aristotle)
(St. Augustine)
(St. Thomas)
(Hobbes)
(Bentham and Mill)
(Kant)
(Ayn Rand)
(Gilligan responding to Kohlberg)
(Elizabeth Anscombe)
Moral Theories: We should be good because…
• it will make living together easier (Hobbes and Locke)
• it will increase general well-being (Bentham and Mill)
• it’s the right thing (Kant)
• it makes us better people (Virtue Theory)
• it supports our human relationships (Ethics of Care)
Moral Theories: Resolving moral dilemmas...
 Whose rights matter most?
 Which rights trump others?
 What about the lesser of two evils?
 Do the ends justify the means?
 Is impartiality strictly necessary?
Taking the big piece…
SOCIAL MECHANISM
When people always
try to take
the very smallest
piece of cake
how can it also
always be
that that's the one
that's left for me?
- Piet Hein
Protagoras: Moral Skeptic
• We are alone here
and we are our own
responsibility
Review the readings...
The ones we took up in class are the most
important....
• The Singer solution to world poverty
• Omelas
• Tuskegee
• Sherrice Iverson
• The experience machine
• Etc.
Review the PowerPoints...
But remember...
They don’t outline the lecture...
They illustrate what is illustratable...
• Note the quotations...
• Note the approximate timeframe...
• Note the publications...