Ethical Theories Overview

Divine Command Theory states that right and wrong come from ______'s commands

Virtue Ethics characterizes right and wrong in terms of acting in accordance with traditional ______

Feminist Ethics states that right and wrong is found in women's responses to the relationship of ______

Utilitarianism determines right and wrong by the overall ______ of the consequences of action

Kantian Theory determines right and wrong by ______

Contractarianism states that principles of right and wrong are those which everyone in society would agree upon in forming a social ______

The aim of 'law' is to secure ______

Law and morals act and react upon and ______ each other

In the name of 'justice', 'equity', 'good faith', and 'conscience' morals have infiltrated into the fabrics ______ of law

In judicial making, in the interpretation of legal precepts, in exercising judicial discretion (as in awarding punishment) moral ______ considerations play a very important role

Morals work as a restraint upon the power of the legislature because the legislature cannot venture to make a law which is completely against the ______ of the society

Right and wrong is determined by the particular set of principles or rules the relevant culture just happens to hold at the ______

Morality is a principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad ______.

Natural law maintains that rules of right and wrong are inherent in people and are not created by ______

Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate ______, with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate.

People have innate knowledge of natural law, so human law will be modelled imperfectly after natural law, but adapted to the needs of particular ______

Law and morality are two normative systems that control and regulate behaviors in a human community so as to allow harmonious and effective ______ between individuals who recognize one.

Divine law is any body of law that is perceived as deriving from a transcendent source, such as the will of ______

Any law which does not abide by moral standards should be removed and whether a law is right or wrong can be evaluated based on whether it is in ______ with moral values.

Importance of Law and Morality: Law and morality play crucial roles in governing social relationships, shaping beliefs, guiding behaviour, and maintaining order in ______

By virtue of a lack of distinction, all laws found their origin from what was considered morally correct by the people in a society. Eventually, the state picked up what was morally correct and gave it the form of laws or rules and ______.

Morals have often been considered to be the end of ______.

It refers to the idea that there are certain moral principles that are universal and unchanging, and that they exist independently of human ______ or beliefs

Human law is, by definition, written by humans in a particular society for that particular ______