Exam 2: Consequentialist Teleologicaltheories of Morality

The two major views in the history of ethics are consequentialism and nonconsequentialism.

You are an act utilitarian if you believe that

Gilligan's "Care Ethics" argues for a balance between the principles of care and justice.

Rule utilitarians think that

One of the main difficulties of consequentialist theories is that

Carol Gilligan suggests that a basis for morality must include

Consequentialists believe that the central part of moral action is

Lawrence Kohlberg believed that women and men were equal in moral reasoning.

If you are a psychological egoist you believe

Who argued that an action is right if it helps in "bringing about a desirable or good end"?

Utilitarianism was developed in its modern form by the British philosophers John Stuart Mill and Jeremy Bentham.

All human beings should act in their own self-interest according to the

The distinction between psychological egoism and ethical egoism is that one is true and the other is false.

So called "feminist ethics" involves the belief that

Utilitarianism is an egoistic theory.

Who said that the self-interests of rational human beings would never conflict?

Many philosophers believe that there is no connection between the way people do act and the way they ought to act.

All utilitarians agree "the end justifies the means."

The problem with egoistic theories is that what they claim ought to be advocated cannot be stated since to do so would undermine the major principle of egoism: self-interest.

The problem with utilitarians is that they are too focused on the minority.