Intro to Morality

Our sense of right and wrong comes from all of the following EXCEPT:

• our parents

• society

• natural law

• animals

Says: Actions should maximize the best consequences for the greatest number of people​

• Deonotology

• Utilitarianism

Says: One should act based on duty/principle​

• Deonotology

• Utilitarianism

Says: Rules do matter, and we must follow them if we want a good society!​

• Deonotology

• Utilitarianism

Says: Rules don’t matter, consequences do!​

• Deonotology

• Utilitarianism

set out to discover not what was right, but why people do what's right

• Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

• Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development

Helps us understand why people may choose to do right or wrong based on what they have or desire

• Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

• Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development

Morality is: The Science of what humans ought to do by reason of ___ ____ ___.

Ethics are guiding _________ that govern our behaviors.

happiness is the practice of virtue according to

• Aristotle

• Augustine