SAS 4
LESSON PREVIEW
1. The four forms of Public Law are; Constitution supreme of law of the land,
Statutory Law, Administrative Laws, and Criminal Law.
2. Standpoint theory try to adopt or listen to standpoint of most marginalized and
vulnerable persons involved and one of the useful concept that helps avoid the
problems of self interest in deciding ethical issues.
CHECK FOR UNDERSTANDING
1. C
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Utilitarianism the most common form of consequences oriented reasoning,
in which the good resides in the promotion od happiness or the greatest
net increase of pleasure over pain.
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Immanuel Kant held that mortality is derived from rationality, not from
experience, and obligation is grounded in pure reason. Based on his moral
philosophy on the crucial fact that we are rational beings, and a central
feature of this rationality was that principles derived from reason are
universal.
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Utilitarianism is a form of consequence – oriented reasoning judge
rightness or wrongness of decisions based on outcomes or predicted
outcomes. The right thing to do is the good thing to do.
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For the duty – oriented ethicists, the basic rightness or wrongness of an
act depends on the intrinsic nature of the act itself.
2. B
3. A
4. B
5. A
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Act of utilitarianism is a form of utilitarianism that holds an action can be
deemed to be right if it conforms to a rule that has been validated by the
principle of utility.
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Categorical imperative don not admit exception, the categorical imperative
is part of duty oriented ethics.
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Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals 2017 – 11-16 Immanuel Kant’s
classic work on moral philosophy, also known as “Fundamental Principles
of the Metaphysic of Morals”, which remains one of the field’s most
influential books.
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All of the above are the 3 elements of categorical imparative except the
golden rule.
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James Matthew Barrie quotes “Never ascribe to an opponent motives
meaner than your own”.
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Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill are considered the fathers of
Utilitarianism.
6. D
7. A
8. C
9. B
10. A