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Normative Theories - Coggle Diagram
Normative Theories
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It is the simultaneously fair treatment of individual in given situation with the result that everybody gets what they deserve
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Fairness is determined according to whether the consequences (positive and negative) are distributed in a just manner, according to some underlying principles such as need or merit.
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The balance of pleasures and pains is compared with those of other options and the best result determined.
An action is morally right if it results in the greatest amount of good for the greatest amount of people affected by the action
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Ethics of Duties
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Focused on the motives and willingness of individuals to act for the good of others, even though that action might result in personal loss.
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Egoism
its an ethical theory not a pattern of behavior, you don't have to be selfish
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Human rights are the basic, unalienable entitles that are inherit to all human being, without exception.
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That is, people have to be acceptable to every rational human being.
Human Dignity
Act so that you treat humanity, whether in your person or in that of another, always as an end and never as a means only
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Utilitarianism
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The Utility Principle
Usefulness refers to the happiness or pleasure caused by an action - hence it is a teleological ethical theory which determiners a good act by the ends it brings about.
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