[PHIL 103] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (43 pages long!)
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What is moral theory: right/wrong - actions, good/bad values, practical guidance. Intrinsic: value in & of itself, value is inherent in its being. Social bonds (family), safety, love, happiness, human beings, living things. ii. Extrinsic (instrumental value: value is derivative, value comes from its relation to things with intrinsic value. Value based: right/wrong action depends on good/bad, natural law theory, consequentialism ii. Duty based (deontology: right/wrong action not strongly tied to notions of the good/bad values, kantian ethics. Moral theories: consequentialism, value based theory, an action is right/wrong based on the consequences of that action (the good/bad it produces, net value: the sum of goods/bads produced by an action, act vs. rule. d. i. Hedonism pleasure seeking: natural law theory, value based theory, 4 main basic goods b. i. Social bond: doctrine of double effect c. i. Drugs broadly defined as psychoactive chemicals chemicals that are transported to the brain via the blood stream, influencing consciousness directly and significantly.
