Ethical Theories
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What is ethics?
Deciding what actions are morally correct
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What is normative ethics?
Theories and ethicists arguements
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What is applied ethics?
The application of normative theories
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What is meta ethics?
The meaning of right and wrong / good and bad
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What is act utilitarianism?
The theory that only happiness is good and the right act is the act that maximises happiness
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What is hedonism?
From the Greek word ‘hedone’ - the claim that pleasure is happiness and the only good
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What is hedonist utilitarianism?
It understands that happiness is in terms of the balance of pleasure over pain
