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What is the definition of justice?
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The quality of being impartial, fair, and just.
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Distributive justice is concerned with:
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The allocation of the goods and burdens of society to its respective members.
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What is the definition of cummutative justice?
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The component of justice that is concerned with the fairness of contracts and business relations.
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Corrective justice is concerned with:
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The determination and methods of punishments.
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Substantive justice involves:
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The concept of just deserts, or how one determines a fair punishment for a particular offense.
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Procedural is concerned with:
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The steps we must take before administering punishment.
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What two basic paradigms aid our understanding in the function of law and society?
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The consensus paradigm and the conflict paradigm.
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What is the function of repressive law?
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Is the maintenance of social cohesion.
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According to Baelz, what characteristics must an ethical system contain?
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1. They are prescriptive.
2. They are authorative. 3. They are logically impartial or universal. 4. They are not self-serving. |
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Morality according to _________ arises from the fact that humans, as rational beings, impose laws and structures of behavior upon themselves.
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Kant
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What type of ethical system is utilitarianism?
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Teleological ethical system.
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What is an important criticism of the utilitarianism ethical system?
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1. All "pleasures" or benefits are not equal.
2. The system presumes that one can predict the consequences of one's actions. 3. There is little concern for individual rights in utilitarianism. |
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In what three ways, according to Barry, can people know God's will?
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1. Individual conscience.
2. Religious authorities. 3. Holy scriptures. |
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What question does the ethics of virtues strive to answer?
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"What is a good person?"
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Moral pluralism is a balance between __________ and ____________.
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Absolutism and relativism.
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