The Ethics Cheat Sheet

The Ethics Cheat Sheet - Developed by Julie Staggers and Meredith W. Zoetewey Aristotle Kant Utilitarianism Feminist/Care “Doctrine of the Mean” “Categorical Imperative” “Costs-Benefits” “Caring Concern” . Find the mean . Act according to . Make judgments . Judgments should be between two rules you want to be based on achieving based on sensitivity extremes made universal and greatest useful good to particulars of a . Not a precise mid- equally applicable to for largest number of given situation point all people, yourself people . Avoids inflexible, . Differs from person included, under all . Emphasizes “the universal rules to person, situation situations masses” not the to situation Formula of Humanity “individual” Focuses on: Complex . Never treat people as . Goal based social and cultural Focuses on: Virtue and a means to an end relationships, the “whole” personal character and . Treat people as ends Focuses on: Quantity of and not the “parts” goodness for the sake of in themselves benefits vs. costs goodness. Ability to make Focuses on: Duty and Relies on: Ways of the right choice comes from obligation Relies on: Calculations of creating knowledge and experience and habit Relies on: Universal benefits and costs to doing analysis that go principles that can be determine the “right” thing beyond “logic” and Relies on: Principles – figured out rationally; to do “objectivity” goodness, truth, justice, All rational people would fairness -- for guiding come to the same Strives for: Fairness by Strives for: Elimination of actions (with some conclusion being impersonal bias against women, metaphysical roots we alternative ways of applying access by sharing the Strives for: Fairness and Actions should be ethics power of reason with the equality by applying ethics performed because: They gods) to all people equally are demonstrably the right Actions should be action for the greatest performed because: They Strives for: The Actions should be number of people demonstrate caring development of the virtuous performed because: They concern, relationship, and person (ethics don’t involve are the “right thing” to do Ethics are: Objective and the flexible application of individual acts, but (without regard to scientific values given depending consistent patterns of costs/benefits for upon the particular person ©j staggers & mw zoetewey behavior) individuals or groups) and situation

Actions should be Ethics are: Universal and Ethics are: Caring performed because: Their absolute inherent goodness

Ethics are: Practical, related to particular people, situations