Utilitarianism

Consequentialist Ethics

Rule Utilitarianism

Act Utilitarianism

Charles Stevenson

Jeremy Bentham

Aristotle

Henry Sidgwick

An influential German philosopher who developed the idea of Deontology

A British thinker who developed the idea of Utilitarianism and ordered his head to be mummified after his death

A Greek philosopher who taught Alexander the Great and founded a school in Athens

A British philosopher who survived the English Civil War and developed the idea of the Social Contract

The ethical theory that someone is morally good if he/she has a virtuous character

The ethical theory that the best choice in any situation is the one that will produce the greatest good for the greatest number of people

The ethical theory that actions are good or bad according to a clear set of rules

The ethical theory that society is based on an agreement that gives certain rights to all people and sees everyone transfer some rights to one person (who uses those rights to uphold justice)

Good people

Good rules for living

Good outcomes

Good use of rights

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Primary considering the individual rather than any rules.

Practicality; the action chosen to be practically applicable.

Ethics which look at the end result in order to determine the morality of an action.

Agapeic love

Agapeic love

Practicality; the action chosen to be practically applicable.

Primary considering the individual rather than any rules.

Ethics which look at the end result in order to determine the morality of an action.

Love distribution

Being without and opposed to having rules or laws.

Conscience

Agapeic love

Conscience

Pragmatism

Love distribution

Personalism

Conscience

Personalism

pragmatism

relativism

Christian decision making is based on love

Love wants the good for anyone, whoever they are

Love is acted out situationally not prescriptively

If love is the end result, then any means are justified.

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Wrong

Right

Right in some circumstances

A system of moral principles. They affect how people make moral decisions.

Always trying to make the best and right decision fro everyone.

Always putting others before yourselves.

A moral belief in doing the right thing for other people.

You always have the same moral outlook, regardless of the situation.

Having to decide between two difficult options.

Each situation is different and you act accordingly to get the better outcome.

Always following absolute religious laws.

Following religious laws in every situation.

Always having the same moral outlook, regardless of the situation.

Judging each situation differently and acting accordingly to get the better outcome.

Disregarding all laws and making your own decisions on what is right.

Showing unconditional love in all situations.

Doing the best thing for your friends and family in all situations.

Following flexible guidelines rather than absolute rules, to be taken on a case by case basis.

Always following the rules that God gave out in any given situation.

Always showing your family and friends love.

Love thy neighbour.

Unconditional love for others taught by Jesus.

Loving God throughout the ups and downs of life.

Finding the best outcome for the victim concerned.

Making a decision based on 'the greatest good for the greatest number'.

Showing the most amount of love to the most amount of people.

Making a decision that gains the greatest good for innocent people.

Ongoing war and civil unrest.

His experience at university at the age of 15.

He wanted to make his name famous in the world of philosophy and ethics.

The way people were being treated and believing in equality.

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The greatest happiness for the greatest number of people.

Making the decision which brings about the most impact for innocent people.

Usefulness which is bringing about the most amount of happiness and the least amount of pain.

Bringing the longest period of happiness to the most people possible.