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HU245 Unit 2 Assignment

Ethical Theories Comparison Chart

	Utilitarianism	Ethical Egoism	Ethics of Care	Kantianism	Prima Facie Duties	Divine Command Theory	Virtue Theory
How is “good” Determined
Most Noted Philosopher(s)
Major Strengths
Major Weaknesses

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HU245 Unit 2 Assignment

Ethical Theories Comparison Chart

	Utilitarianism	Ethical Egoism	Ethics of Care	Kantianism	Prima FacieDuties	Divine Command Theory	Virtue Theory
How is “good” Determined	What will bring about a good or desirable ending . What is the greatest good for the majority.	In Ethical Egoism I would do what is best in my interest .	Men are concerned with justice and rights. Women are concerned with generosity.	A person duty to act within a set of moral rules regardless of what happens .	A person must follow a set of rules but that person should think about the end result.	In order to be good than a person must follow supreme beings or the universe rules .	Having excellence and improving ones character .
Most Noted Philosopher(s)	Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill	Ayn Rand	Carol Gilligan and Lawrence Kohlberg	Immanuel Kant	Sir William David Ross	Jorn of Arc	Aristotle and Confucius
Major Strengths	Seeks maximize happiness and benefits all	Tries to encourage independence	We focus on those we love/who are closest to us	Emphasize the rights of the individual	It has more freedom and simplicity	Metaphysical and objective.Absolute rules: the laws we have to stick by are often clear, such as the Ten Commandments	Motivates to work on morality.Focus on individuality and building ourselves into better person
Major Weaknesses	One can't always predict results or please everyone	One can be viewed as selfish	Threatens to devolve into tribalism	Realising that something is irrational doesn’t give any motivation to do the right thing.	Fails to take into consideration the inclination of an individual for eg love care compassion, familiy	Religious pluralism: how do we know which rules are right? The rules of Hinduism, such as Ahimsa and so eat vegetarian meals, but Leviticus teaches to eat (certain kinds of) meat.Absolute and deontological	No single & definitive answer to what the virtues are, they are time-changing and what is to be done in moral dilemmas don't distinguish between what the right course of action would be when in an ethical dilemma, just describe what sort of characteristics one ought to develop.