Assignment 9 (PHI)

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Unit 9 Assignment What is a normative ethical principle? A normative ethical principle would include a branch of moral philosophy concerned with what is right and wrong. Another way of putting this is what is something ethical that people expect others to do. An example of a normative ethical principle is respect for persons and it is the concept that all people deserve the right to fully exercise their self government. What is the basic principle of utilitarianism according to Jeremy Bentham The basic principle of utilitarianism according to Jeremy Bentham was his observation that nature has put man kind under two things, pain and pleasure. Bentham instructs us to produce maximum pleasure and minimum pain and tat is supposed to guide the “good utilitarian.” Bentham’ s principle was more concerned with the positive measures of welfare. What is meant by Strict Egalitarianism? Strict Egalitarianism is a distributive justice principle that is of strict equality. The principle states that every person should have the same level of material goods and services. People normally justify this principle on the grounds that people are morally equal and the equality of material goods and services is the best way to make this a reality. Explain Kant's two basic 'categorical imperatives'

Immanuel Kant had two basic categorical imperatives, or rules of conduct that are unconditional and does not depend on any desire or end. Kant claims that the first formulation lays out the objectives conditions on the categorical imperative; that it be universal in becoming a law of nature. The second formulation lays out subjective conditions; that there be certain ends in themselves, namely rational beings as such. What is the difference between "rule utilitarianism' and straight-forward utilitarianism without special rules. The difference in between rule utilitarianism and straight forward utilitarianism is straight forward, only considers the result or consequences of a single act action while the rule considers the consequences that result of following a rule of conduct.

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