Ethical Frameworks Quiz

Ethical Framework

• An individual uses a set of codes called an ethical framework to guide his or her behavior.
• Virtue ethics asks: Who is the ethical person?
• According to Aristotle, the ethical person is virtuous and has developed good character.
• Natural Law or Commandment Ethics of St.Thomas follows the rule: 'Do good and avoid evil.'

Deontological and Duty Framework

• The Deontological and Duty Framework of Immanuel Kant is also known as the deontological ethics.
• Utilitarianist, Teleological, and Consequentialist approach falls under the category of consequentialist ethics.

Aristotle on Happiness

• Happiness, according to Aristotle, is the joy of self-realization and self-fulfillment, the experience of having actualized one’s potential.

Deontology

• Deontology centers on “the rights of individuals and the morality associated with particular behavior…equal respect…given to all persons.”
• Deontological approach is based on universal principles such as honesty, fairness, justice and respect for persons property

Virtue Framework

• Aristotle’s Vitue Ethics is an ethics whose goal is to determine what is essential to being a well-functioning or flourishing human person
• In Virtue Framework, we try to identify the character traits(either positive or negative) that might motivate us in given situation
• Aristotle two types of Virtue are Intellectual Virtue - Excellence of mind -- ability to understand, reason and judge well, and Moral Virtues- dispositions to act well
• According to Aristotle, Virtue is an attained, actualized or self realized capacity or possibility(can serve as moral framework)