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