Ethical theories and frameworks

What are the 4 types of Utilitarian approaches?

• Negative utilitarianism

• Medium utilitarianism

• Average utilitarianism

• Standard utilitarianism

What type of utilitarianism approach is this: Focussing not on the total sum of positive wellbeing and suffering, but on minimizing the total sum of suffering.

• Positive

• Negative

• Standard

• Average

Contractarianism alleges that only individuals who can understand and choose to take part in an agreement or social contract can have moral rights.

• True

• False

What is the other term for contractarianism?

• Social contract theory

• Social job theory

• Contract theory

• Social theory

What is the following a definition of?

Attribution of human characteristics to an animal

• Anthropomorphism

• Sentience

• Specieism

• Discriminating against animals

Respect for nature falls under what ethical approach?

• Consequentialist

• Deontological

Are legal rights the same as moral rights?

• Yes

• No

Consequentialism is based on...

• Whether an act is right or wrong depends only on the results of that act

• The more good consequences an act produces, the better or righter that act

• The consequences have to be good just for the humans

What is the term for the following definition...

Discrimination against animals on basis of the species they belong to

• Anthropomorphism

• Sentience

• Speciesism

• Ethical discrmination