Ethics Revision

What is the view that what is 'right' or 'wrong' is unchanging for everyone, everywhere and for all time?

• Absolutism

• Relativism

• Deontology

• Teleology

Which of these do absolutists believe? Tick as many as you think

• If something is wrong, it is wrong no matter what the situation

• Right and wrong depend on your culture

• The end result is what makes something right or wrong

• Culture doesn't affect whether something is right or not

An ethical theory is...

• Your own idea about the meaning of life

• An approach to working out what is right and wrong

An ethical theory that focuses on the end result when making moral decisions is:

• Deontological

• Teleological

Which of these might help a Christian decide what the 'right' thing to do is in any situation? Tick as many as you think...

• Scripture (the Bible)

• Conscience

• Logic

• Thinking about the consequences

Which of these are teleological theories? (theories that focus on the end result)

• Situation Ethics

• Utilitarianism

• Natural Moral Law

The Big idea in utilitarianism is that you should try to do...

• the most loving thing for the greatest number

• the hardest thing

• the thing that will bring the greatest happiness for the greatest number

• the easiest thing

Who developed the theory of utilitarianism?

• Jeremy Bentham

• John Bingham

• Jeffrey Brown

• Jonathan Britain

For Bentham, good = happiness, and evil =

• misery

• selfishness

• pain

• loneliness

Jeremy Bentham said: An act is right if it delivers more .... than pain.