IntroToEthics.glsdefs

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\glsdefs@newdocentry{Global Cultural Relativism}%
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\glsdefs@newdocentry{Global Individual Relativism}%
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\glsdefs@newdocentry{Limited Cultural Relativism}%
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\glsdefs@newdocentry{Moral Cultural Relativism}%
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\glsdefs@newdocentry{Objectivism}%
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\glsdefs@newdocentry{Moral Objectivism}%
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\glsdefs@newdocentry{Moral Absolutism}%
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\glsdefs@newdocentry{Moral Situationalism}%
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\glsdefs@newdocentry{Moral Skepticism}%
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\glsdefs@newdocentry{Divine Command Theory}%
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description={The stance that an action is moral if and only if God or the gods command it},%
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\glsdefs@newdocentry{Natural Law Theory}%
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\glsdefs@newdocentry{extrinsic value}%
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\glsdefs@newdocentry{intrinsic value}%
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description={The value something has in an of itself. It is good for no other reason than it is good. Things are extrinsically valuable in virtue of their ability to get this},%
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\glsdefs@newdocentry{Hedonism}%
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description={The stance that happiness is the one intrinsic good, thing of positive intrinsic value, and suffering is the one thing with negative intrinsic value. Things are extrinsically good or bad insofar as they promote happiness or suffering (respectively)},%
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\glsdefs@newdocentry{Ethical Egoism}%
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description={The stance that an action is moral if and only if it promotes the agent's self-interest},%
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\glsdefs@newdocentry{Consequentialism}%
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description={The general stance that the morality or permissibility of an action is determined by the consequences of that action. This is a family of theories which all share the basic command to promote the good, though they differ on what the good is and how one ought to promote it},%
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description={A form of Consequentialism which says that the morality of our actions is determined by the consequences of the actions on a case-by-case basis. The actions are judged by the consequences that they directly cause},%
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\glsdefs@newdocentry{Indirect Consequentialism}%
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description={A form of Consequentialism which says that the morality of our actions is determined by the consequences indirectly. They are determined to be moral or immoral based on general principles which, if followed, would promote the good; these principles may be general rules, character traits, or behavioral patterns},%
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\glsdefs@newdocentry{Utilitarianism}%
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description={A form of Consequentialism which says that the morality of our actions is determined by the amount of happiness caused and suffering prevented. This is a form of Direct Consequentialism which takes happiness as the intrinsic good and suffering as the intrinsic bad},%
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\glsdefs@newdocentry{Principle of Utility}%
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description={This is the basic principle used to judge the moral value of actions according to Utilitarianism. The notion is to survey your options and for each, take the amount of happiness caused and subtract the suffering caused. The option with the greatest amount is the action you ought to do},%
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\glsdefs@newdocentry{Rule Consequentialism}%
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description={A form of Consequentialism which says that the morality of our actions is determined by the rule which it follows. The rules are those which, if followed, would cause the greatest amount of good while preventing the greatest amount of suffering.},%
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\glsdefs@newdocentry{Mohism}%
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description={A form of Indirect Consequentialism based on the works and ideas of Master Mo Di, popular in China between 479BCE and 221BCE, which says that we are to promote the good by living a pattern of life which is based on caring about others, caring for our families and friends, and promoting the well-being of our society},%
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\glsdefs@newdocentry{Non-consequentialism}%
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description={The general stance that the morality or permissibility of an action is not determined by the consequences of that action. This is a family of theories which all share the basic idea that some actions are just wrong regardless of the good they might (will) produce; typically, these theories are duty-based, meaning that an action is moral if and only if you have a duty to do it and immoral if and only if you have a duty to refrain from doing it},%
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\glsdefs@newdocentry{Good Will}%
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\glsdefs@newdocentry{Compatibilism}%
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\glsdefs@newdocentry{Categorical Imperative}%
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\glsdefs@newdocentry{Maxim}%
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\glsdefs@newdocentry{Universality Principle}%
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\glsdefs@newdocentry{Universalizable}%
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\glsdefs@newdocentry{Humanity Principle}%
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\glsdefs@newdocentry{Virtue ethics}%
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\glsdefs@newdocentry{virtue}%
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\glsdefs@newdocentry{Vice}%
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\glsdefs@newdocentry{Nahua}%
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description={The decendants of the indigenous people who inhabited what is today parts of Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua.},%
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\glsdefs@newdocentry{Nahuatl}%
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\glsdefs@newdocentry{Teotl}%
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description={In pre-colonial Nahuatl philosophy, this is the universe itself. Believing in Universal Monism, the Nahuas held that separation and distinction was an illusion, the universe was not a collection of multiple things, but rather was one whole. Teotl is not stagnant, however, it fluctuates and changes with time},%
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\glsdefs@newdocentry{Virtue Consequentialism}%
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description={A theory in Virtue Ethics, theories about what it takes to be a good person, which uses Consequentialism to define the virtues rather than using the doctrine of the mean. According to this theory, character traits are virtues if and only if acting on them has the tendancy to produce the best outcomes},%
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\glsdefs@newdocentry{Counterfactualism}%
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description={The stance that non-actual, possible, scenarios determine whether something has a property, characteristic, or belongs to a category, at least in part},%
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\glsdefs@newdocentry{Contrastivism}%
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text={Contrastivism},%
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description={The stance that certain kinds of properties or attributes for something are actually comparisons in disguise. Whether or not something has some feature or property is determined by what it is being contrasted with, compared to},%
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\glsdefs@newdocentry{Abortion}%
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\glsdefs@newdocentry{Person}%
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\glsdefs@newdocentry{Human}%
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\glsdefs@newdocentry{Feminist Consequentialism}%
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description={A form of Consequentialism which has all of the tenets of Feminist Ethics. Such a theory is likely to be indirect, rather than direct},%
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\glsdefs@newdocentry{Special Obligation}%
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\glsdefs@newdocentry{Intergenerational Ethics}%
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description={The study of the moral relationship, the duties and obligations, contemporary people have towards generations in a far distant future},%
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\glsdefs@newdocentry{error theory}%
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\glsdefs@newdocentry{expressivism}%
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