| Question | Answer | This or That? |
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| Theories in this type of ethics attempt to formulate a criterion for the moral rightness of act tokens. | |
| Individual, particular event where a person acts a certain way. Ex: John stole a red car on Monday, August 15, 2011 at 3:53 PM. | |
| Theory: an act token is morally right if and only if in performing this act token, the agent treats others in ways he/she is willing to be treated. | |
| Theory: an act token is morally right if and only if this act token can be performed without violating any of the Ten Commandments | |
| Theory: an act token is morally right if and only if it maximizes hedonic utility | |
| Theory: an act token is morally right if and only if the act token is in accordance with a rule that, when adopted by the general population, will maximize hedonic utility. | |
| Unit of pain | |
| Hedons - Dolors contained in the consequences of an action = ? | |
| Theory: an act token is morally right if and only if its maxim is universalizable | |
| Rule or principle that the agent is acting upon. | |
| If the agent can want everyone to act on the maxim when in his circumtances, the maxim is: | |
| No, meta-ethics theories attempt to investigate the nature of ethical properties such as rightness and wrongness | |
| No, axiology theories attempt to assign intrinsic values to lives, worlds, etc. | |
| No, an act type is a repeatable, general type of action that occurs thousands of times. Example; lying, which could be morally permissible in some cases yet not in others. | |
| This theory is false because of counterexamples such as Pete the Pervert. | |
| This theory is false because of the counterexample of Abe the Abuser. | |
| This theory has problems due to counterexamples such as the Organ harvest and free rider. | |
| This theory has problems due to counterexamples such as the axe murderer. | |
| No, that is a unit of pleasure. | |
| One example of this theory is the library page ripper. | |
| Ross's theory is of Prima Facie Rightness. | |
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