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					  What is Utilitarianism.					 
					
					 This promotes the greatest happiness for the greatest number. 
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					  What is Divine Command Theory?					 
					
					 This wants you to look to scripture for answers to moral questions. 
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					  What is utilitarianism?					 
					
					 “I support paying taxes for schools because it will 
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					  Who is Jeremy Bentham?					 
					
					 He founded Utilitarianism and, even in death, tried to promote the greater good. 
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					  Who is a utilitarian?					 
					
					 One flips the rail switch on a trolley line to save 5 people instead of one. 
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					  What is hedonism.					 
					
					 This promotes personal pleasure. 
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					  What is Deontologism?					 
					
					 This wants you to look at the act itself, rather than the 
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					  Who is a deontologist?					 
					
					 “I think lying is immoral because, no matter the result, it is using others.” 
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					  Who is Immanuel Kant?					 
					
					 He created the Categorical Imperative. 
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					  What is "nonsense on stilts".					 
					
					 Bentham said that Jefferson and the Americans insistence on the existence of inalienable rights is like this. 
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					  Deontology/Divine Command          utilitarian					 
					
					 Which theory says one cannot use another as a means unto an end, and who says one can use another as a means to an end? 
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					  What is the Golden Rule?					 
					
					 “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” 
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					  Who is a hedonist?					 
					
					 “I’d eat that candy bar, but the satisfaction of eating it is outweighed by the pain of having to work it off at the gym.” 
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					  Who is Aristotle?					 
					
					 He is the author of the Golden Mean. 
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					  What is euthanasia?					 
					
					 This is the ending of life voluntarily one all hope is gone. 
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					  What is the Harm Principle?					 
					
					 This is John S. Mills test of an act's worth. 
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					  What is the Golden Mean?					 
					
					 “Choose the best compromise between two extreme choices.” 
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					  What is a Divine Command Theorist?					 
					
					 “I would not serve in the military because the Book of Exodus says, ‘Thou shall not kill.’” 
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					  Who is Peter Singer.					 
					
					 He is the famous, or infamous Australian Utilitarian now at Princeton who draws protesters and fans when he speaks. 
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					  Who is a consequentialist?					 
					
					 A person in this category would help someone out of an expectation of reward (for himself OR the GREATER GOOD). 
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					  What is felicific calculus?					 
					
					 This is an example of quantification of feelings. 
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					  What is the Categorical Imperative?					 
					
					 “Imagine if your act became a universal law for all to follow.” 
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					  Who is a Virtue Theorist?					 
					
					 "I could eat this whole cake, or I could abstain from 
					dessert; I guess I’ll have a reasonable slice of cake.”  | 
				
				
						
					 
					  Who is Epicurus.					 
					
					 He was the founder of Hedonism who likely resents what his theory is often associated with in the common mind. 
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					  Who is John Stuart Mills?					 
					
					 He said "The right to swing your arm ends at the tip of my nose". 
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