LAWRENCE KOHLBERG'S SIX STAGES OF MORAL DEVELOPMENT
Three LEVELS OF THE SIX STAGES
Three. Post-Conventional Level
STAGE ONE - OBEDIENCE AND PUNISHMENT
STAGE TWO - SELF INTEREST
STAGE THREE - INTERPERSONAL ACCORD AND CONFORMITY
STAGE FOUR - AUTHORITY AND MAINTAINING SOCIAL ORDER
STAGE FIVE - SOCIAL CONTRACT
STAGE SIX - UNIVERSAL ETHICAL PRINCIPLES
IMPORTANCE OF MORAL THEORIES
VIRTUE ETHICS by Aristotle
Virtue - generally agreed to be a character trait, such as a habitual action or settled sentiment
KEY CONCEPTS IN VIRTUE ETHICS
Arete - act of living to one's full potential
Phronesis - a type of wisdom or intelligence relevant to practical action
INTRODUCTION TO KANTIAN ETHICS
Deontological Normative Theory
Categorical imperatives - Kant's ethics are organized around the notion of this
Universalizability Principle
Kantian Philosophy - a truly good act is one that can become a universal law.
THOMAS AQUINAS' FOUR TYPES OF LAW AND THE FOUR CARDINAL VIRTUES
THOMAS AQUINAS' FOUR TYPES OF LAW
THE FOUR CARDINAL VIRTUES OF SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS
WHAT TO EVALUATE WHEN ASKING WHAT IS RIGHT OR WRONG MORALLY?
UTILITARIANISM AND JUSTICE
SURVEY OF THINGS CONSIDERED JUST OR UNJUST
ACT VS RULE UTILITARIANISM
Act Utilitarianism - moral value of acts judged by utility of consequences of those kinds of acts.
Greatest Happiness Principle.
ARGUMENT FOR USING GREATEST HAPPINESS PRINCIPLE FOR MORAL JUDGMENTS